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Means-Plus-Function Terms In Software Claims May Be Risky

By Jeffrey Danley ( October 3, 2025, 5:50 PM EDT) -- In In re: McFadden, on Sept. 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the examiner who had rejected a set of software claims as lacking sufficient structure to qualify as one of the four statutory categories under Title 35 of the U.S. Code, Section 101....

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