· 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
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- 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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