Pubpat Releases Free Claim Construction Dictionaries

“The Public Patent Foundation, Inc. (“PUBPAT”) is pleased to
announce that Dr. David Garrod, PUBPAT’s Senior Litigation Counsel,
has decided to release his groundbreaking claim construction
dictionaries free of charge through PUBPAT’s web site. They are
available for immediate download as PDF files, using the following
links:

“Glossary of Judicial Claim Constructions in the Electronics,
Computer and Business Method Arts (v. 1.0.0, Q1 2010) (4610 pages,
39.5 Mb file) (Also available via Google Docs)

“Glossary of Judicial Claim Constructions in the Mechanical,
Electro-Mechanical and Medical Devices Arts (v. 1.0.0, Q1 2010)
(4825 pages, 41.5 Mb file) (Also available via Google Docs)

“Glossary of Judicial Claim Constructions in the Chemical,
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Arts (v. 1.0.0, Q1 2010) (1842
pages, 15.9 Mb file) (Also available via Google Docs)

“Commenting on the release, PUBPAT’s Executive Director Dan
Ravicher stated, “This is a huge contribution to the public
knowledge about patents. No other tool, for example, allows one to
locate the 30+ cases that construe the word ‘coupled’ in a matter
of minutes, and for free, too. [See Sample Content, below] Dave’s
been a good friend of PUBPAT. I’m very happy that he’s decided to
release these documents to the public now and am confident that
they will quickly become ‘go-to’ resources for anyone researching
patent issues.”

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