Phillips v. AWH Corp.
415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) Cited 5,810 times 165 Legal AnalysesHolding that "because extrinsic evidence can help educate the court regarding the field of the invention and can help the court determine what a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand claim terms to mean, it is permissible for the district court in its sound discretion to admit and use such evidence"
Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
669 F.3d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2012) Cited 1,065 times 10 Legal AnalysesHolding that “flexible” should be given its plain and ordinary meaning and reversing the construction of “capable of being noticeably flexed with ease”
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 23,013 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system