...reference all the limitations of the particular claim in relation to which it is being considered. An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed...structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof. Section 134. Appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. An applicant...

...conclusions as noted above are erroneous. Discussion The sixth or last paragraph of 35 USC §112 states: An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed...structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof. The above-quoted paragraph of 35 USC § 112, when enacted, was a statutory...

...reference all the limitations of the particular claim in relation to which it is being considered. An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed...structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof. Defects in compliance with § 112's requirements form the basis for many of...

...type of functional claim language. Paragraph 6 of Section 1 1 2 of Title 35 of the US Code states that An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed as a means or step for performing a specified/unction without the recital of structure, material, or acts in support thereof, and such...

...meaning of the claim.17 However, extrinsic evidence generally should not be used to interpret claims.18 An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed...structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof.19 In Pennwalt Corp. v. Durand-Wayland, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that,...

...validity. Section 112, paragraph 6, allows an applicant to express an element in a claim for a combination as a means or step for performing a specified function without the recital of structure in the claim. To determine what the claim covers, one is directed to look to the disclosure in the...

...reference all the limitations of the particular claim in relation to which it is being considered. An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed...structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof. 35 USC § 112; USPTO Glossary. Specimens: See Models, Specimens. Statutory...

...reference all the limitations of the particular claim in relation to which it is being considered. An element in a claim for a combination may be expressed...structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents thereof. When the scientist, laboratory, and institution are determining the existence...

...between a method and an apparatus or composition of matter. A limitation in an apparatus claim may also be expressed as a means or step for performing a specified function without the recital of any specific structure. While such a limitation is not always triggered by "means for" (also called...

...the absence of such language, such claims are often added to a patent. A "means for" limitation is construed to cover the corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specification and their equivalents (see 35 USC §112, sixth paragraph). In addition to the more or less standard...