Legal Opinion
In Re Aoyama
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 29, 2011No. 2010-1552; Serial 10/798,505PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge LINN. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
LINN, Circuit Judge.
Mitsui Bussan Logistics, Inc. (“Mitsui”) is the assignee of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/798,505 titled “System and Method for Distribution Chain Management” and appeals the affirmance by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”) of the examiner’s rejection of claims 11 and 21 as anticipated by U.S. Patent Application Pub.2001/0034673 to Yang et al. (“Yang”). Because the Board erred in construing the means-plus-function limitation of claims 11 and 21 and…
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