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Panel: Judges Lourie, Dyk, and Moore, with Judge Moore writing the opinion You should read this case if: you have a claim term with functional language that may be subject to means-plus-function interpretation Everyone knows patents must end with claims that “particularly point out and distinctly” identify the invention. 35 U.S.C. § 112(a). But some inventions don’t lend themselves to succinct delineation in the claims. So Congress provided an alternative—rather than identify in the claims an exact structure or step that is an element of the invention, patentees can expres...
Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. , Appeal Nos. 2020-1646, -1656 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2, 2021) Our Case of the Week focuses on the issue of indefiniteness, and particularly, terms that are construed as being subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6. Like in other recent cases, the terms at issue were multi-word coined terms used to describe features in computer systems. We recently provided a write-up of a similar case—see our write-up of the Federal Circuit’s February 12, 2021 decision in Synchronoss Techs., Inc. v. Dropbox, Inc.here. As in that case, the claim at issue her...
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RAIN COMPUTING, INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. ...