Part 1 of this articled — Avoiding Invocation of Functional Claim Language — focused on the general principles of law surrounding functional claim language in the context of computer ...

The recent en banc opinion in Williamson v. Citrix (Fed. Cir. 2015)[1] highlights the dangers of functional claiming in computer-implemented inventions. On June 16, 2015, the Federal Circuit ...

On June 11, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office held a public presentation-- a patent quality chat -- regarding the interpretation of computer-implemented claims using functional language ...

Patent practitioners, inventors, in-house counsel, and patent examiners alike have been clamoring for more guidance on computer-implemented functional claim limitations invoking § 112(f) since ...

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Previous findings from his lab indicate that this view may be incorrect. His group has, for example, found that the visual cortex is capable of altering its functional properties and circuitry, a ...