· 6/16/1999
Scaltech Inc. v. Retec/tetra, L.L.C.
Citations
- 178 F.3d 1378
- 1999 WL 357606
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the “subject of the barring activity [must] [have] met each of the limitations of the claim”
- recognizing that product sold must meet each limitation of the disputed patent claim
- rejecting requirement “that the offer specifically identify these limitations” so long as “the process that was offered for sale inherently possessed each of the claim limitations”
- “The ‘invention’ which has been offered for sale must, of course, be something within the scope of the claim.”
- “[T]he first determination in the § 102(b) analysis must be whether the subject of the bar- ring activity met each of the limitations of the claim.”
- “We note that there is no requirement that the offer specifically identify these limitations.”
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Judges: Rich, Plager, Gajarsa
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