TY - BOOK AU - Kahrl,Robert C. TI - Patent claim construction SN - 0735522375 (alk. paper) PY - 2001///- CY - New York PB - Aspen Law & Business KW - Patent practice KW - United States KW - Legal composition N1 - Includes index; The goals of claim construction -- The historical basis for claim construction -- Claim construction as a matter of law -- The hierarchy of sources : intrinsic evidence--claims -- Intrinsic evidence : the specification -- Intrinsic evidence : the prosecution history -- The hierarchy of sources : extrinsic evidence -- Means plus function clauses -- The doctrine of equivalents -- Fair notice -- Statutory construction and claim construction -- District court claim construction proceedings -- De novo review by federal circuit on appeal -- Finality -- Remand of cases to district courts ER -