Desper Products, Inc. And Spatializer Audio Laboratories, Inc. v. Qsound Labs, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that this rule also applies to divisional applications
• stating that the context of the claims can be found in the specification and drawings
• stating that the context of the claims can be found in the specification and drawings
• concluding prosecution statements were clear and unmistakable disclaimer because they were entirely consistent with the patent’s written description
• holding two claims reciting different terms have the same scope due to the patentee’s statement during prosecution despite the differences in plain meaning of the two terms
• “In determining the scope of what, if any, subject matter has been surrendered, the standard is an objective one: what would a reasonable competitor reading the prosecution history conclude has been surrendered.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).