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Claim construction and the scope of the word ‘animal’

Claim construction and the scope of the word ‘animal’

George Nathanael is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Are humans animals? The U.S. case of Martek Biosciences v. Nutrinova, which was recently decided by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, is an excellent example of how difficult patent claim construction can be sometimes. Interestingly, five judges sat on the panel […]