Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Patent and Trademark Office

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “height adjustment mechanism” imparts sufficient structure so that the presumption against applying § 112, ¶ 6 is not overcome
• finding that claim term “height adjustment mechanism” designates “a class of structures that are generally understood to persons of skill in the art”
• noting that “mechanism” is a generic term, but then looking to remaining claim language and written description before finding that the full claim limitation connoted structure
• noting that “mechanism” is a generic term, but then looking to remaining claim language and written description before finding that the full claim limitation connoted structure
• “Our cases make clear ... that the presumption flowing from the absence of the term ‘means' is a strong one that is not readily overcome.”
• examining remaining claim language, written description, and external evidence

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