XR Communications, LLC v. Arris Solutions, Inc.

 
APPEAL NO.
22-1125, 22-1141
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Prost

Question(s) Presented

1. “Whether means-plus-function treatment applies to a claim term that (a) does not recite ‘means,’ (b) is not a nonce term, and (c) is a known term in the art as a name for structure.”

2. “Whether the presumption against means-plus-function treatment can be overcome because the function for the known structure recited in the claim may not be a previously known function performed by that structure.”

3. “Whether the presumption against means-plus-function treatment is always overcome unless there is evidence a POSITA would know how the recited structure can perform its corresponding function.”

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