Court Opinion

ID: 9452236
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:34:14.740592+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:07.814287
License: Public Domain

SMITH, Judge,
(concurring, with whom MARTIN, Judge, joins).
It is clear from a reading of the respective specifications before us that we are dealing with inventions having different embodiments in electric power control systems. The counts in issue, however, are not drawn to the specific systems disclosed but include several “means” clauses.
Thus, the “invention” defined by the counts is much broader than the specific embodiments disclosed in the respective specifications. It is the “invention” as defined by the counts which must be considered in resolving the issue before us: does appellant’s specification disclose the “invention” defined by the count? Both parties have urged us to examine both specifications in resolving the issue. Doing so I find that the result reached by the majority is correct. The invention as defined in the counts, when considered in relation to the respective specifications, warrants the majority in reversing the decision below. I therefore concur in this result.