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Only Obvious Variations Infringe

September 1, 1998 by in General


Wes Whitmyer explains in The Journal of Patent and Trademark Office Society, Volume 80, No. 9 why practitioners should consider the Federal Circuit’s recent use of §112 before rendering advice in any patent matter. He suggests patent litigators carefully compare an accused product to the patent specification and examine the equities of the case before advising clients on infringement.