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· 4/1/1971

Application of Robert E. Moore and Edward J. Janoski

Citations

  • 439 F.2d 1232
  • 58 C.C.P.A. 1042

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  • noting that the question is whether the scope of enablement conveyed by the disclosure to a person of ordinary skill in the art is commensurate with the scope of protection taught by the claims
  • the indefiniteness inquiry asks whether the claims “circumscribe a particular area with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity”
  • “The definiteness of the language employed must be analyzed–not in a vacuum, but always in light of the teachings of the prior art and of the particular application disclosure as it would be interpreted by one possessing the ordinary level of skill in the pertinent art.”

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Judges: Rich, Almond, Baldwin, Lane, Durfee, Claims

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