context: U.S. 6,265,055 C2 col. 3 ll. 34-35. The district court construed "resin additive" to be "a substance that by its properties is not typically by itself formed into a stretch wrap film layer and that is compounded into a resin"' -- i.e., a non-resin substance.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 460 F.3d 1360, 1360
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that "[a]lthough 'consisting of' is a term of restriction, the restriction is not absolute" and may permit impurities or "additional components or steps that are unrelated to the invention"
citation_a.sentence: See Conoco, 460 F.3d at 1360 (noting that "[a]lthough 'consisting of' is a term of restriction, the restriction is not absolute” and may permit impurities or "additional components or steps that are unrelated to the invention”); see also Norian, 363 F.3d at 1331 (holding that "while 'consisting of' limits the claimed invention, it does not limit aspects unrelated to the invention”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 363 F.3d 1331, 1331
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that "while 'consisting of' limits the claimed invention, it does not limit aspects unrelated to the invention"
citation_b.sentence: See Conoco, 460 F.3d at 1360 (noting that "[a]lthough 'consisting of' is a term of restriction, the restriction is not absolute” and may permit impurities or "additional components or steps that are unrelated to the invention”); see also Norian, 363 F.3d at 1331 (holding that "while 'consisting of' limits the claimed invention, it does not limit aspects unrelated to the invention”).