O.I. Corporation v. Tekmar Company Incorporated

How courts have described this case

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

• “[C]laiming a step by itself, or even a series of steps, does not implicate section 112, ¶ 6.”
• interpreting “structure” and “materials” as corresponding to means-plus-function limitations and “acts” as corresponding to step-plus-function limitations
• “The price that must be paid for use of [a means-plus-function claim] is limitation of the claim to the means specified in the written description and equivalents thereof.”
• “If we were to construe every process claim containing steps described by an ‘ing’ verb . . . into a step-plus- function limitation, we would be limiting process claims in a manner never intended by Congress.”
• “structure and material go with means, acts go with steps”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).