ALJ Denies Motion for Summary Determination of Indefiniteness
ALJ Rogers denied respondent's motion for summary determination of invalidity U.S. Patent No. 6,212,343 (" '343") under § 112, ¶ 2 in Inv. No. 337-TA-690, In the Matter of Certain Printing and Imaging Devices and Components Thereof. The respondents and staff argued that the claim limitation describing a blade enabled to be "bent in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of [a roller]" was indefinite because, inter alia, there are "an infinite number of possible orthogonal directions." In its order the ALJ held that the claim was not indefinite. The court reasoned that in the context of the claim a "longitudinal direction" of the roller was easily identifiable and, thus, a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction" was definite. (PDF)
