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· 11/14/2002

Verve, LLC v. Crane Cams, Inc., Crower Cams & Equipment Company, Inc., Trend Products, Inc., and Competition Cams, Inc., and Manton Racing Products

Citations

  • 311 F.3d 1116
  • 65 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1051
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 23565
  • 2002 WL 31529080

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that guidance as to measurement of a term of degree can come from the intrinsic record or from the knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art
  • recognizing that guidance as to measurement of a term of degree can come from the intrinsic record or from the knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art
  • recognizing that guidance as to measurement of a term of degree can come from the intrinsic record or from the knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art
  • requiring a trial court to consider extrinsic evidence if a claim term cannot be construed based on intrinsic evidence alone' and the accused infringer argues the claim is indefinite
  • patent documents are meant to be \a concise statement for persons in the field\
  • “usages such as ‘substantially equal’ and ‘closely approximate’ may serve to describe the invention with precision appropriate to the technology and without intruding on the prior art”

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Judges: Newman, Lourie, Clevenger

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