Late yesterday the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Today the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions. In the first, the court affirmed a judgment of the Court of Federal Claims in an appeal of a tax case addressing whether patent litigation expenses are deductible and need not be capitalized. In the second, the Federal Circuit vacated in part a judgment of the District of Massachusetts in a patent case based on a misconstruction of a claim term. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.