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· 4/30/2003

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, AND FOURNIER INDUSTRIE ET SANTÉ AND LABORATOIRES FOURNIER S.A. v. NOVOPHARM LIMITED

Citations

  • 323 F.3d 1324

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a patentee “explicitly defined” a term by using “i.e.” followed by an explanatory phrase
  • holding that a patentee “explicitly defined” a term by using “i.e.” followed by the definitional phrase
  • finding patentee acted as 11 own lexicographer when it “explicitly defined” claim term through use of “i.e.”
  • the “all-elements rule” provides that a finding of infringement “requires a determination that every claim limitation or its equivalent can be found in the accused product”

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Judges: Michel, Lourie, Bryson

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