· 4/21/1997
Stanton J. Rowe v. Michael Dror and Paul Trescony
Citations
- 112 F.3d 473
- 42 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1550
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 7911
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that the use of Jepson format “suggests the structural importance of the recitations found in the preamble”
- instructing courts to review “the entirety of the patent to gain an understanding of what the inventors actually invented” when determining whether a preamble is limiting
- inquiry requires examination of “entire patent record to determine what invention the patentee intended to define and protect.”
- “[W]here the party urging patentability does not separately address the patentability of each claim corresponding to a count, the Board has reason to treat all claims together.”
- “When [the Jepson] form is employed, the claim preamble defines not only the context of the claimed inven- tion, but also its scope.”
- a statement of the “intended use” of an invention is not a claim limitation
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Judges: Lourie, Friedman, Rader
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