Same Word, Different Meanings

HaemoneticsCorp. v Baxter Healthcare Corp., No. 2009-1557, 2010 US App. LEXIS 11122, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2 June 2010 (‘Haemonetics II’) Abstract The term ‘centrifugal unit’ is held to have different meanings in different claims of the same patent, based on the context of each claim. Legal context It is axiomatic […]