Federal Circuit: Indefiniteness Is Not Judged by the 'Claim Language, Standing Alone'

Feb 22, 2022Federal Circuit, Patent Litigation, 35 U.S.C § 112 ¶ 6

Evaluating whether a patent claim is sufficiently “definite” under 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires looking beyond just the claim language itself. The Federal Circuit reaffirmed this fundamental principle in a recent decision overturning a district court’s overly-narrow indefiniteness analysis.

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