UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,

v.

SAMUEL J. HESTER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT

Citator

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  …otherwise be included within the scope of the claim. Sorensen, 427 F.3d at 1380 (citation omitted). The statement of an examiner alone will not necessarily limit a claim. Bell Atlantic Network Servs., Inc. v. Covad Commc’ns Group, Inc., 262 F.3d 1258, 1273 (Fed.Cir.2001). Though not preferred over intrinsic evidence, the Court may also rely on extrinsic evidence, which is “all evidence external to the patent and prosecution history, including expert and inventor testimony, dictionaries, and…
• ABP Patent Holding, LLC v. Convergent Label Tech., Inc., 194 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (M.D. Fla. 2002)
  …o. v. White Consol. Indus., Inc., 199 F.3d 1295, 1299 (Fed.Cir.1999)). Ordinarily, “there is ‘a heavy presumption’ in favor of the ordinary meaning of claim language” Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. v. Covad Communications Group, Inc., 262 F.3d 1258, 1268 (Fed.Cir.2001) (quoting Johnson Worldwide Assocs., Inc. v. Zebco Corp., 175 F.3d 985, 989 (Fed.Cir.1999)). However, that presumption can be overcome: “(1) where the patentee has chosen to be his own lexicographer, or (2) where a claim te…
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  …atentee so deprive the claim of clarity that there is “ ‘no means by which the scope of the claim may be ascertained from the language used,”’ the presumption is rebutted. Bell Atlantic Network Servs., Inc. v. Covad Communciations Group, Inc., 262 F.3d 1258, 1268 (Fed.Cir.2001) (citing Johnson v. Worldwide Assoc. Inc. v. Zebco Corp., 175 F.3d 985, 989 (Fed.Cir.1999)). “Where ... the patentee has clearly defined a claim term, *1339 that definition is ‘[ujsually dispositive.’ ” Jack Guttma…

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