patent claim construction
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 311 U.S. 211 - Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co. · 1940Most cited · 760 citing opinions
The claims of a patent are always to be read or interpreted in the light of its specifications.
How often courts cite the case defining “patent claim construction”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “patent claim construction” — 760 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.