Appeal No. 2004-0636
Application No. 09/045,041
2. To make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole
or a larger unit, as parts do.
In other words, the ordinary meaning of integrating suggests
making a bigger unit by bringing together multiple small units.
There is a heavy presumption that words have the ordinary and
customary meaning that would be attributed to those words by
skilled aritsans in the relevant art. Texas Disgital Systems
Inc. v. Telegenix Inc., 308 F.3d 1193, 1202, 64 USPQ2d 1812, 1817
(Fed. Cir. 2002), quoting CCS Fitness, Inc. v. Brunswick Corp.,
288 F.3d 1359, 1366, 62 USPQ2d 1658, 1662 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
"However, 'an inventor may choose to be his own
lexicographer if he defines the specific terms used to
describe the invention 'with reasonable clarity,
deliberateness, and precision.'' Teleflex, 299 F.3d at
1325 (quoting In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1480 [31
USPQ2d 1671] (Fed. Cir. 1994)). 'Such a definition may
appear in the written description or in the prosecution
history.' Teleflex, 299 F.3d at 1325 (citations
omitted)."
Golight Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., 355 F.3d 1327, 1332,
69 USPQ2d 1481, 1485 (Fed. Cir. 2004). We find no such specific
definition of "integrating." Thus, the portion of the claims
relied upon in appellant's argument would appear to be met by
appellant's summary of Chakrabarti, as Chakrabarti groups, or
integrates, identical sub-circuits into a larger high-level
sub-circuit.
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