Appeal No. 1999-1765 Page 6
Application No. 08/839,193
prior art. Claim interpretation must begin with the language
of the claim itself. See Smithkline Diagnostics, Inc. v.
Helena Laboratories Corp., 859 F.2d 878, 882, 8 USPQ2d 1468,
1472 (Fed. Cir. 1988). Accordingly, we will initially direct
our attention
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