Appeal No. 2005-2057 Page 7
Application No. 09/906,362
The reference's measuring "include[s] (1) illuminating the sample with
intensity-modulated incident light, (2) detecting luminescence emitted from the sample
in response to the illumination, and (3) determining the temporal property using the
measured luminescence." Col. 5, ll. 30-34. Regarding the step of detecting, "detection
modes include (1) discrete (e.g., photon-counting) modes, (2) analog (e.g., current-
integration) modes, and/or (3) imaging modes. . . ." Col. 18, ll. 63-65. Because the
second mode of detection comprises integration of current, we find that French teaches
contemporaneous detection and integration.
B. CONTROL OF INTEGRATION
The appellant argues, "It is the processor of French that controls the integration
of the signals. In the presently claimed subject matter, however, the integration periods
are controlled by the detector." (Appeal Br. at 7.)
"[T]he Board must give claims their broadest reasonable construction. . . ."
Hyatt, 211 F.3d at 1372, 54 USPQ2d at 1668. In doing so, "limitations are not to be
read into the claims from the specification." In re Van Geuns, 988 F.2d 1181, 1184, 26
USPQ2d 1057, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (citing In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321, 13 USPQ2d
1320, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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