Construction Drafting Statute 
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OCTOBER 1, 2024
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SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 15, 2022
The question in Boechler is whether the statute bars a taxpayer who missed the deadline from asserting equitable tolling, which allows courts to excuse missed deadlines in some circumstances. Under applicable precedent, if the statute makes the 30-day time limit jurisdictional, then equitable-tolling claims are barred.
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Patently O
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Most commonly patentees draft claims that cover the physical structure of an invention or the particular steps taken in a process. A “nonce” word is a verbal construct that does not convey a particular structure, such as “element,” “device,” or other generic, non-structural terms. 35 U.S.C. §
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
In fairness to Judge Cox, the opinion below makes a creative case for such a construction. Yet, despite this well-written decision, I still believe that the court is wrong to ignore the plain meaning of the statute. First, a court ordinarily applies this type of rule or canon of construction when the statute is ambiguous or unclear.
Patently O
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Although MPF claims may seem broad on their face, the statute limits their scope to cover only the corresponding structures disclosed in the patent document (the specification) and their equivalents. Williamson established the absence of the term “means” no longer creates a strong presumption against applying MPF construction.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 27, 2021
To bolster this argument, she pointed toward a number of federal statutes, including Indian law statutes, that use the term “recognized” in this more capacious sense. Congress routinely includes illustrative examples in statutes, he noted, even when they might seem to be redundant. (In
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