United States Federal Circuit

The district court correctly construed the means-plus-function limitation under 35 USC 112(6) where there is no clear link or association between disclosed structures for limiting longitudinal overstrech, and the "means for connecting adjacent elements together."

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2001
• Published 04/20/2001

Judges

• LINN, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael V. Ciresi,Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P., of Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief were Thomas L. Hamlin, John N. Love, Jan M. Conlin, Tara D. Sutton, Katie Crosby Lehmann.   Of counsel was David S. Toepfer.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Bardin, Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, argued for defendants-cross appellants.   On the brief were John S. Nagy, John K. Fitzgerald, and James Juo. Of counsel on the brief were Aldo A. Badini, and Henry J. Ricardo, Dewey Ballentine LLP, of New York, NY.