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The Federal Circuit and §112(f): Shifting Winds of Jurisprudence | Reed Tech
Home / Blog / The Federal Circuit and §112(f): Shifting Winds of Jurisprudence The Federal Circuit and §112(f): Shifting Winds of Jurisprudence 06.26.2015 | Posted by Benjamin Kusiak Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on Linkedin	Since the 1990s, the Federal Circuit has consistently looked at §112(f) as being presumptively against a means-plus-function claim construction. The case law first raised the presumption to “strong” in Lighting World, then “strong…that is not readily overcome” in Inventio, then making it nearly impossible to assert §112(f) in Flo Healthcare Solutions. Flo allowed the Federal Circuit to state their unwillingness to apply §112(f) unless the claim contains the word “means” or clear evidence of no structure recitation, known as a placeholder term. Based on this precedent, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has developed and used training modules to drill this presumption into its examiners. This heightened presumption against patent-eligible material made it difficult for many to obtain patent coverage, particularly those in industries such as software development.
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