Appeal No. 2001-2627
Application No. 09/472,658
1235, 169 USPQ 236, 238 (1971). Although an inventor is indeed
free to define the specific terms used to describe his or her
invention, this must be done with reasonable clarity,
deliberateness, and precision. In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475,
1479, 31 USPQ2d 1671, 1674 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
Upon our review of Appellant's specification, we find that
the specification does indeed have a special definition for the
term "savings vehicle." In particular, on page 5 of the
specification, the term "savings vehicle" is defined to include
loans. Therefore, loan and mortgage accounts as claimed, are
within the defined special definition of "savings vehicle."
Because Appellant is allowed to be his own lexicographer, we find
that it is proper to include loan and mortgage accounts as being
"savings vehicles" as claimed. Therefore, we will not sustain
the Examiner's rejection of claims 43 and 44 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph.
35 U.S.C. § 103 REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 22, 25 through 28, 31 through 46 and 50
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