Ex Parte Luse et al - Page 6




              Appeal No. 2006-0721                                                                Page 6                                       
              Application No. 10/113,458                                                                                                       



                                                1. Claim Construction                                                                          
                     "Analysis begins with a key legal question — what is the invention claimed?"                                              
              Panduit Corp. v. Dennison Mfg. Co., 810 F.2d 1561, 1567, 1 USPQ2d 1593, 1597 (Fed.                                               
              Cir. 1987).  In answering the question, "the PTO gives claims their 'broadest reasonable                                         
              interpretation.'"  In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1324, 72 USPQ2d 1209, 1211 (Fed. Cir.                                             
              2004) (quoting In re Hyatt, 211 F.3d 1367, 1372, 54 USPQ2d 1664, 1668 (Fed. Cir.                                                 
              2000)).  "Moreover, 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)).                                                          


                     Here, claim 1 recites in pertinent part the following limitations: "if the first set of                                   
              resources is changed, changing, by the first device, the second set of resources."                                               
              Giving the representative claim its broadest, reasonable construction, the limitations                                           
              require a first device to change resources allocated to a second device in response to a                                         
              change in the resources allocated to the first device.                                                                           


                                            2. Anticipation Determination                                                                      






















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