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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 42 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Corning Glass Works v. Sumitomo Electric U.S.A..

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1 Corning Glass Works v. Sumitomo Electric U.S.A. Anchor
cafc · 1989
green “a claim in a patent provides the metes and bounds of the right which the patent confers on the patentee to exclude others from making, using, or selling the protected invention.” 16
2 Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
cafc · 2013
green “when construing claim terms, the court first looks to, and primarily rely on, the intrinsic evidence, including the claims themselves, the specification, and the prosecution history of the patent, which is usually dispositive.” 12

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