Johnson & Johnston Associates Inc. v. R.E. Service Co., Inc.

 
APPEAL NO.
99-1076, 99-1179, 99-1180
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Per Curiam

Question(s) Presented

“[W]hether a patentee can apply the doctrine of equivalents to cover unclaimed subject matter disclosed in the specification.”

Holding

“[Patentee] cannot assert the doctrine of equivalents to cover the disclosed but unclaimed steel substrate. To the extent that YBM Magnex conflicts with this holding, this en banc court now overrules that case.”