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Description of “The Invention” in Specification Limits Claim Construction
In the Claim Construction Order (dated September 18, 2017) in Gutterglove, Inc. v. American Die and Rollforming (Case 2:16-cf-02408-WHO, EDCA), the Court read a limitation from the specification into the claim construction of the claim element “corrugated with ridges” to match what was described as “this invention” in the patent specification. Further, the Court held that a claim construction based...