Two recent precedential decisions of the Federal Circuit provide guidance on the contours of claim construction; more specifically, when intrinsic evidence is sufficient to determine claim meaning and ...

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For simplicity, let's call this the invention method. Another method is to focus on the words that the prosecuting lawyer used to craft the claims, then apply legal rules of construction to divine the ...