Legal Opinion
Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 2, 2014No. 13-369PublishedCited by 741 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
*901 The Patent Act requires that a patent specification "conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as [the] invention." 35 U.S.C. § 112 , ¶ 2 (2006 ed.) (emphasis added). This case, involving a heart-rate monitor used with exercise equipment, concerns the proper reading of the statute's clarity and precision demand. According to the Federal Circuit, a patent claim passes the § 112, ¶ 2 threshold so long as the claim is " amenable to construction," and the claim, as construed, is not "insolubly ambiguous." 715…
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