Appeal 2007-2240
Application 09/818,016
1 identified locations, and communication of the assignment to the
2 selected resources. (Bergeron, col. 1, ll. 6-14.)
3 08. Bergeron solves this problem by receiving alarm signals, preferably
4 over the telephone network, from remote sites, identifying a particular
5 site in response to an alarm signal from that site, determining an ordered
6 list of resources designated for that site, sequentially attempting to
7 establish, in the order determined, communications with the resources
8 designated for the site, and cyclically continuing to attempt to establish
9 communications until communications are established with one of the
10 resources designated for the identified site, or until the occurrence of
11 some other predetermined event. (Bergeron, col. 2, ll. 24-42.)
12 09. As the Examiner found, Bergeron discloses communicating an
13 assignment with a remote mechanic/engineer and allowing a mechanic to
14 selectively accept an assignment of the special service request.
15 (Bergeron, col. 7, ll. 6-45.)
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17 PRINCIPLES OF LAW
18 Claim Construction
19 The general rule is that terms in the claim are to be given their ordinary and
20 accustomed meaning. Johnson Worldwide Assocs. v. Zebco Corp., 175 F.3d 985,
21 989, 50 USPQ2d 1607, 1610 (Fed. Cir. 1999). In the USPTO, claims are
22 construed giving their broadest reasonable interpretation.
23 [T]he Board is required to use a different standard for construing
24 claims than that used by district courts. We have held that it is
25 erroneous for the Board to “appl[y] the mode of claim interpretation
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