Marlane C. Searfoss and Timothy K. Searfoss v. Pioneer Consolidated Corporation

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• holding that summary judgment was appropriate where finding of infringement under doctrine of equivalents would vitiate a claim requirement
• “[T]he claim construction inquiry ... begins and ends in all cases with the actual words of the claim.”
• patent for moveable cover system for use on a truck bed which called for direct pivotal connections for tension assembly was not infringed by the accused product which utilized indirect pivotal connections

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