【Claim解釋】summary of the invention對Claim Construction的影響

【Claim解釋】summary of the invention對Claim Construction的影響

相較於說明書的其他部分，Summary of the invention對Claim Construction的影響較大。請參考：

C.R. Bard, et al. v. United States Surgical Corp.

Statements that describe the invention as a whole, rather than statements that describe only preferred embodiments, are more likely to support a limiting definition of a claim term. See Digital Biometrics, Inc. v. Identix, Inc., 149 F.3d 1335, 1347 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (relying on “global comments made to distinguish the applicants’ ‘claimed invention’ from the prior art” during the prosecution of the patent in construing a claim term).

相較於僅描述較佳實施例的陳述，描述發明之整體的陳述，較有機會支持請求項用語的限制性定義。

Statements that describe the invention as a whole are more likely to be found in certain sections of the specification, such as the Summary of the Invention. See Microsoft Corp. v. Multi-Tech Sys., Inc., 357 F.3d 1340, 1348 (Fed. Cir.) (“Those statements, some of which are found in the ‘Summary of the Invention’ portion of the specification, are not limited to describing a preferred embodiment, but more broadly describe the overall inventions of all three patents.”)

描述發明之整體的陳述，較有可能於說明書的某些段落找到，例如於Summary of the Invention。

PS：以前在此blog也曾寫過這個主題，只是忘了在哪了一時之間找不到，不過有找到留在哈金的記錄。
PPS：怎麼翻譯翻不好，還沒找到自己翻判例的style。