Appeal No. 2007-0671 Page 3
Application No. 10/836,174
DISCUSSION
Claim Construction:
To assist in our discussion of appellant’s claimed invention we reproduce
appellant’s figure 3 below:
Appellant’s claim 1 is drawn to a disposable medication dispenser. The
dispenser comprises the following three components in combination:
1. a canister 7 for storing medication,
2. an electronic circuit 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 132 for displaying the
number of doses remaining in said canister, and
3. a housing 1 for the electronic circuit.
In addition, claim 1 requires that the housing for the electronic circuit is
permanently attached to the canister. Claim 1 defines “permanent” to mean that
when the medication in the canister is depleted the entire dispenser (including
the housing, electronic circuit and canister) is discarded. Appellant’s
2 According of paragraph 32 of appellant’s specification, “the electronic components include[d] an
LCD screen [2], a populated printed circuit board (PCB) [3], a custom microprocessor [4], an
activation switch [5], an audio buzzer [6], and a battery [13].”
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