EngineersCanSel
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Set the stage: We're reviewing a patent and the general patent, background, examples and description talk only about a certain manufacturing process, say casting, but the claims don't mention the manufacturing route at all, they just talk about the product, say a fan blade.
My question is if we want to do this fan blade via a forging process, which clearly wasn't the intent of the patent, are we still in trouble since the claims don't specify the manufacturing process.
I guess the questions boils down to "are claims all that matter in a patent?"
Thanks in advance!
My question is if we want to do this fan blade via a forging process, which clearly wasn't the intent of the patent, are we still in trouble since the claims don't specify the manufacturing process.
I guess the questions boils down to "are claims all that matter in a patent?"
Thanks in advance!