EPO Won't Interpret Patents Narrowly Based On Descriptions

By Jamie Lennox ( September 2, 2025, 2:14 PM BST) -- A European Patent Office appeals panel has ruled that it will not perform "interpretive somersaults" to read the wording of patent claims more narrowly based on features set out in the description of the invention....

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