United States Federal Circuit

Restricting the claimed function to one of several possible meanings would impermissibly limit the claim by adopting a function different from that explicitly recited in the claim, and such an error in identification of the function could improperly alter the identification of the structure corresponding to that function.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/15/2001
• Published 08/15/2001

Judges

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

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Duane H. Mathiowetz, Townsend & Townsend and Crew LLP, of San Francisco, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief was K.T. Cherian.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roy W. Hardin, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, LLP, of Dallas, TX, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief was Eugene C. Vallow.   Of counsel was L. Dan Tucker.