North American Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Packaging, Inc.

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• finding that the prosecution history excluded some, though not all, of the preferred embodiments
• looking to change in claim scope and arguments during amendment to find patentee surrendered subject matter broader than the \generally convex\ limitation of the patented claim
• affirming a district court’s exclusion of evidence pertaining to theories of claim construction and infringement not disclosed as required by the local patent rules and the court’s scheduling order
• excluding from claim scope certain embodiments based on prosecution history disclaimer
• patentee eliminated the \generally convex\ restriction on the \inner wall\ limitation, which was added to overcome prior art
• patentee eliminated the “generally convex” restriction on the “inner wall” limitation, which was added to overcome prior art

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