context: A series of recent Federal Circuit decisions have noted the useful nature of extrinsic evidence like dictionaries, encyclopedias, and treatises in aiding judicial determinations of ordinary and customary meaning.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: "Although technical treatises and dictionaries fall within the category of extrinsic evidence ... they are worthy of special note."
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Texas Digital, 308 F.3d at 1202 (“dictionaries, encyclopedias and treatises are particularly useful resources to assist the court in determining” term meaning); Teleflex, 299 F.3d at 1325 (“[dictionaries, encyclopedias and treatises] may be the most meaningful sources of information to aid judges in better understanding both the technology and the terminology used by those skilled in the art to describe the technology”); CCS Fitness, 288 F.3d at 1366 (“Sensibly enough, ... dictionary definitions may establish a claim term’s ordinary meaning”); see also Vitronics, 90 F.3d at 1584 n. 6 (“Although technical treatises and dictionaries fall within the category of extrinsic evidence ... they are worthy of special note.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 308 F.3d 1202, 1202
citation_b.parenthetical: "dictionaries, encyclopedias and treatises are particularly useful resources to assist the court in determining" term meaning
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Texas Digital, 308 F.3d at 1202 (“dictionaries, encyclopedias and treatises are particularly useful resources to assist the court in determining” term meaning); Teleflex, 299 F.3d at 1325 (“[dictionaries, encyclopedias and treatises] may be the most meaningful sources of information to aid judges in better understanding both the technology and the terminology used by those skilled in the art to describe the technology”); CCS Fitness, 288 F.3d at 1366 (“Sensibly enough, ... dictionary definitions may establish a claim term’s ordinary meaning”); see also Vitronics, 90 F.3d at 1584 n. 6 (“Although technical treatises and dictionaries fall within the category of extrinsic evidence ... they are worthy of special note.”).