Means plus function claim language must be supported by specification

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Kenneth L. Dorsney

Apeldyn Corporation v. Au Optronics Corporation, et al., Civ. No. 08-568a-SLR, November 15, 2011.

Robinson, J.  Claim construction issued.

In this patent infringement case involving U.S. Patent 5,347,382 directed to Liquid Crystal Displays, the render its construction of a disputed 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶6 means-plus-function claim term.  Of significance, the court did not adopt plaintiff’s proposed construction of the term “eigen-axes” in the disputed means-plus-function phrase because it embraced a concept that was not supported by the specification.
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