Appeal No. 1999-1345 Page 11
Application No. 08/482,556
The appellants argue, “C13 is not in parallel with the
series combination of C21 and Q4, because they are not
connected between the same pair of nodes.” (Reply Br. at 4.)
They further argue, “C14 is not in parallel with the series
combination of C22 and Q5, because they are not connected
between the same pair of nodes.” (Id. at 4.)
Here, representative claim 41 specifies in pertinent part
the following limitations: “a first capacitor which is in
parallel with a second capacitor in series with a switch.”
The appellants admit that "’elements are connected in parallel
when they are connected between the same pair of nodes.’" (Id.
(citing The IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and
Electronics Terms 744 (6th ed. 1997)). Giving the claim its
broadest reasonable interpretation in view of this
understanding, the limitations recite a first capacitor
connected between the same pair of nodes as a second capacitor
in series with a switch.
The prior art teaches the limitations. Specifically,
Figure 2 of Hebert depicts capacitor C13, capacitor C21, and
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