Mars, Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., Heinz Management Company, and Del Monte Corporation

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• noting that claim terms are given their ordinary and customary meaning “[u]nless there is an express intent to impart a novel meaning to the claim terms”
• claim term \ingredients\ construed in light of the use of the term \mixture\ in the same claim phrase
• claim term “ingredients” construed in light of the use of the term “mixture” in the same claim phrase
• “We agree with the parties that regulations issued by regulatory agencies can be helpful to a claim construction analysis if they are probative of an industry-specific meaning for a disputed claim term.”
• “[L]ike the term ‘comprising,’ the terms ‘containing’ and ‘mixture’ are open-ended.”
• “Since the term ‘mixture’ is entirely consistent with this construction, we hold that the ‘containing a mixture of lipid and solid ingredients’ limitation does not exclude the presence of additional, unnamed ingredients in the inner component of the claimed invention.”

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