Federal Circuit Finds Claims Invalid for Indefiniteness

On November 17, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) delivered the decision in Alfred E. Mann Foundation v. Cochlear Corporation. This decision is a reminder of the importance of disclosing in a patent specification appropriate structure associated with all functional language that is claimed. In this decision, the CAFC upheld a district court finding of invalidity of claims for failing to disclose in the specification the structure for the claimed feature of…

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