Osaka District Court, 2018 (Wa) 10590 [Lower-Limb Garment]

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Osaka District Court, 2018 (Wa) 10590 [Lower-Limb Garment]

*Construction of “vicinity”: a certain spatial extent was recognized based on the specification and common general technical knowledge.

“The vicinity of the iliac spine point” centers on the anterior superior iliac spine but also includes the vicinity of the anterior inferior iliac spine, and does not include the vicinity of the outermost point of the greater trochanter lying outside the vicinity of the anterior inferior iliac spine….

⇒ Claim limitation satisfied

https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/987/091987_hanrei.pdf

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