Federal Circuit Broadens Application Of 35 USC 112(F)

US courts interpret patent claims written in a specific way under a special claim interpretation statute. Claims written in this way include “means plus function” elements that courts interpret under 35 USC 112(f) (often referred to as 35 USC 112(6)).Most patent practitioners in the US avoid means plus function style claims but they are common…

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Practical Topic: Systems of Personal Organization

By Stephen B. Schott You know when you have a thread hanging from a sweater. You give it a tug hoping it will snap off. But it doesn’t. So you pull a little more. Then a little more.  It will snap…it will snap… and you keep pulling…but deep down you know this sweater disassembly cannot be…

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