Appeal No. 1999-0006
Application No. 08/470,970
3-6) provides a clear disclosure of the meaning of the
terminology “printer job information,” i.e., descriptive
properties related to the print job such as job name,
estimated print time, number of pages, etc., as opposed to the
actual print job data itself. An inventor’s definition and
explanation of the meaning of a term, as evidenced by the
specification, controls the interpretation of that claim term,
as opposed, for example, to dictionary definitions. Serrano
v. Telular Corp., 111 F.3d 1578, 1581, 42 USPQ2d 1538, 1541
(Fed. Cir. 1997).
In contrast to the language of the appealed claims, our
interpretation of the disclosure of Davidson coincides with
that of Appellant, i.e., only the transmittal of printer
status information from a printer to a host computer is
described. We find no basis for the Examiner’s conclusion
that “print job information,” as opposed to actual print job
data, is stored in a printer queue in Davidson, at least not
according to the definition provided by Appellant in the
specification.
We are further in agreement with Appellant that no basis
exists for the Examiner’s conclusion that Davidson provides
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