※ 引述《wqk (wqk)》之铭言： : 请问各位，这两个terms如果在说明书没有特别定义，在claim construction的范围上 : 有什麽差异？ : 我听说coupled to 范围比较大，但有哪位先进知道两者的差异处何在吗？ : thx a lot 在进行claim construction时 对於有争议的claim用语，其文义解释必须根据内部证据及外部证据 因此在解释 "coupled to" 或 "electrically connected to" 的范围时 会受到 specification 以及 prosecution histroy 的限制 上述两个用语并没有说谁的范围一定比较大 在不同的case，常会有不同的解释 主要的争议多半落在 "直接或间接"、"机构性或电性"... 只能说依据大部分判决的结果， "coupled to"的范围会比较大 以下仅摘录一些判决结果作为参考 基本上，最好把整个判决的来龙去脉了解清楚 而不要把判决的结果当作是上述两用语的标准定义 Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. v. Zebco Corp. (claim term “coupled” would not be restricted to a mechanical or physical coupling based on an inference from the written description, but could include electrical coupling as there was nothing in the specification or prosecution history to clearly limit couple from its broad meaning of connecting.) Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc v. ev3 Inc. (based on intrinsic evidence construing “couple” to require direct connection—“The term ‘coupled’ appears in claim 1. Boston Scientific proposes that the term be construed as ‘directly or indirectly linked.’ ev3 argues that ‘coupled’ should be construed as ‘the filter must be directly attached to the wire and not be attached to a tube that rides on the wire.’ After reviewing the intrinsic evidence, and the prosecution history in particular, the Court construes oupled’as adjacent and directly connected to.’”) NTP, Inc. v. Research In Motion, Ltd. (construing “connected to” in a claim limitation reciting “ each mobile device comprising a wireless device connected to a mobile processor” as not necessarily precluding the wireless device and mobile processor from being located in same physical structure and stating “Webster's Third New International Dictionary 480 (1993) defines ‘ connected’ as ‘to join, fasten, or link together.’ Although ‘connected' more strongly connotes a physical link between the mobile processor and the wireless receiver than does the term ‘transfer,’ it still does not require that the mobile processor and wireless receiver be physically disposed in separate housings. A 'onnection’can occur between these two devices regardless of whether they are housed separately or together. Indeed, the two components could be connected, joined, or linked together by wires or other electrical conductors and still be located in the same housing or even on the same circuit board.") --

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