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“We see no reason to distinguish between disclaimer by amendment and disclaimer by argument and conclude that a patentee may surrender claim scope of a design patent by its representations to the ...

Lawyers wish the latest manual had more details on Federal Circuit cases and that training materials for design patent examiners were online Some design patent lawyers are disappointed that the ...