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Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 2004 121(19):744-760; doi:10.1093/rpc/2004rpc38
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[2004] R.P.C. 38

TELSONIC AG'S PATENT

Patents Court

(Laddie J.): March 3 and 4, 2004, March 17, 2004

[2004] EWHC 474 (Ch); [2004] R.P.C. 381

Patent—Construction of claim—Reference numerals—Prosecution history—Infringement—Infringement by variant—Whether spiral rod was circular—Improver structured approach useful but not a straitjacket—Third Improver question the wrong way round—Question should be whether it was apparent to skilled addressee that limitation to exclude variant could not have been intended by patentee—No stated or obvious reason for limitations in claim—Claim held not infringed.

Key Words: Claim construction • Infringement • Patents • Shape • Variation

1 Paragraph numbers in this judgment are as assiged by the court.


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