· 9/9/1991
The Laitram Corporation and Intralox, Inc. v. Rexnord, Inc.
Citations
- 939 F.2d 1533
- 1991 WL 119626
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that different claims should be construed, when possible, to cover different inventions
- “[T]he failure to meet a single limitation is sufficient to negate infringement of the claim.”
- “To establish infringement, every limitation set forth in a patent claim-must be found in an accused product .... ”
- literal infringement requires that the accused device or process contains every limitation of the asserted claim
- “Absent section 112(6), claim language which requires only a means for performing a function might be indefinite.”
- “[t]he recited structure tells only what the means-for-joining does, not what it is structurally”
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Judges: Nies, Rich, Clevenger
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