Lincoln Learning Solutions, Inc. v. County of Beaver

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “a” has a “normal singular meaning” but can mean one or more
• stating that “[a] patent applicant cannot disclose and claim an invention narrowly and then, in the course of an infringement suit, argue effectively that the claims should be construed to cover that which is neither described nor enabled in the patent”
• finding no indication in the specification that “linkage to a terminal portion” was intended include end-to-end linkages because all references to polysaccharide linkages spoke of linkage only at one terminal
• deciding both noninfringement and validity issues
• where meaning of “term is in doubt, we look to the specification for guidance”
• specification confirmed that claim referring to “a terminal portion” rather than “any terminal portion” meant a singular polysaccharide linkage inasmuch as all references in specification spoke of “a linkage, not multiple linkages”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).