United States Federal Circuit

Where the written description does not reveal any special definition for terms, the use of the one term to modify another does not render the phrase so unclear that there is no means to ascertain the claim scope, and the terms in the claim have their ordinary and accustomed meaning for purposes of claim construction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2001
• Published 09/06/2001

Judges

• LINN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Hamlin, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P, of Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellee.   With him on the brief were Randall Tietjen, and Emily M. Rome., Charles A. Weiss, Kenyon & Kenyon, of New York, NY, argued for defendant-appellant.   With him on the brief was Richard L. DeLucia.