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Is this a double negative or triple negative ??
What does this mean to the real world.
“We conclude that the Federal Circuits formulation, which tolerates some ambiguous claims but not others, does not satisfy the statutes definiteness requirement. In place of the insolubly ambiguous standard, we hold that a patent is invalid for indefiniteness if its claims, read in light of the specification delineating the patent, and the prosecution history, fail to inform, with reasonable certainty, those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention.”
I gather it means one cannot write a vague patent, and then claim anyone who infringes on the principles is violating your patent. But that is just my guess...
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-369_k53m.pdf
Looks like all this means is that the Federal Circuit’s new rule that a claim can have some ambiguity short of total ambiguity is tossed out. The law remains essentially the same, and it’s remanded.