Christian J. Jansen, Jr. v. Rexall Sundown, Inc.

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• stating that amendments made to gain allowance must be given weight
• reading together phrases that were added simultaneously to overcome the same rejection by the Examiner
• explaining claim construction begins with the plain meaning of the patent language
• the preamble is a statement of the purpose of the inven- tion
• “In this case, the [claim phrases at issue] were added to gain allowance of the claims. . . . We must therefore give them weight, for the patentability of the claims hinged upon their presence in the claim language.”

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