Interference No. 104,190
fact that the parties ascribe different meanings to a count or
that the count is readable on more than one embodiment does
not render the count ambiguous. See id. at 32, 194 USPQ at
547.
Turning to the specific count at issue, the senior
party directs our attention to subparagraph (a) of the count
which reads as follows:
(a) first and second metal blades each having a
cutting edge and shearing surface, said first metal blade
supporting an insulative layer on a surface other than the
cutting edge and shearing surface thereof and an electrically
conductive electrode member on the insulative layer.
The senior party argues that the count expression “said first
metal blade supporting an insulative layer . . . and an
electrically conductive electrode member on the insulative
layer,” requires that the first metal blade be the layer that
the other layers are affixed on, with the first metal blade
extending back to the means for pivotally joining and carrying
the other layers. The junior party argues that the above-
referred to language merely requires that the first metal
blade supports the other two layers by providing
reinforcement or strengthening of the other two layers, as an
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