Court Opinion

ID: 9497215
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:45:59.769891+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:03.897191
License: Public Domain

RADER, Circuit Judge,
concurring in
this court’s order to rehear the appeal en banc.
To provide completeness in the en banc proceeding, this court should receive commentary on the following question as well:
Is claim construction amenable to resolution by resort to strictly algorithmic rules, e.g., specification first, dictionaries first, etc.? Or is claim construction better achieved by using the order or tools relevant in each case to discern the meaning of terms according to the understanding of one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention, thus entrusting trial courts to interpret claims as a contract or statute?