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One of the most important sections of a patent specification is the claims. The reason is that the claims define the metes and bounds of patent protection afforded under the patent. For example, the scope of patent protection afforded under a product claim that recites elements a, b and c extends only to a product [...]

The claims define the metes and bounds of patent protection afforded under a patent. The claims can be drafted in many different ways. For example, the claims can recite a method, an apparatus or a product by process. A method claim recites various steps which if performed would infringe the patent. An apparatus claim recites [...]

On August 17, 2006, the Federal Circuit decided Conoco, Inc., et al. v. Energy & Environmental International, L.C., et al., Fed. Cir., No. 05-1363, 8/17/06. The patent in suit relates to a drag reducing agents injected into oil and gas pipelines such that more liquid may be pumped more efficiently. The claim recited a process [...]