基本説明
The authors direct practitioners to the essential cases in which claim terms have previously been construed, and to the sources of the evidence used by past courts to construe the terms in dispute. This two-volume Second Edition is updated to include over 3,500 additional entries, some of which focus on Biotechnology, Pharmacology, and Cleantech. Ordinary Skill is now included as a topic.
Full Description
Claim construction is a major phase of a patent litigation where the meaning and scope of the claims themselves - the invention - is determined by the court. The outcome of this definition phase is crucial to the respective infringement and invalidity positions of the parties. The Thesaurus of Claim Construction directs practitioners to cases-and in contrast to searches on more general electronic databases, only those cases-in which claim terms have previously been construed, and further to the sources of the evidence used by past courts to construe the terms in dispute. This two-volume Second Edition is updated to include over 3,500 additional entries, some of which focus on Biotechnology, Pharmacology, and Cleantech. Ordinary Skill is now included as a topic.
Contents
VOLUME ONE ; CHAPTER 1: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ; CHAPTER 2: OUTLINE OF THE LAW OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ; CHAPTER 3: SIMPLE TERMS ; VOLUME TWO ; CHAPTER 4: OUTLINE OF THE LAW CONSTRUING MEANS ; PLUS FUNCTION ELEMENTS ; CHAPTER 5: MEANS PLUS FUNCTION TERMS ; CHAPTER 6: NO CONSTRUCTION NECESSARY ; CHAPTER 7: DESIGN PATENTS ; CHAPTER 8: ORDINARY SKILL ; APPENDICES ; A: INDEX OF KEYWORDS IN CONTEXT ; B: TABLE OF DICTIONARY REFERENCES ; C: TABLE OF CASES
