IN RE: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.

Federal Circuit Summary Before Moor, Mayer, and Stoll.  Appeal from the patent Trial and Appeal Board Summary: The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim term cannot be so broad that it is inconsistent with the specification or renders the term meaningless. Fairchild Semiconductor sought reexamination of a Power Integrations patent that had been asserted in litigation.  The patent relates to “a technique for reducing electromagnetic interference...