Integer (8) – a screw head adjacent the first member head
64.The argument was about the meaning of “adjacent”, which is not a term of art. As a matter of ordinary English, it means adjoining or bordering but not necessarily touching. Kwikbolt’s written case in closing was this: “The skilled person would therefore appreciate the adjacency of the screw head to the first member head as opposed to the screw head being proximate to the finger ends of the second member. This is wholly consistent with the purpose of the screw head being near to the first member head, so as to allow the fastener to act as a blind fastener – i.e. one that can be inserted and
- Introduction
- The Evidence of Travis McClure
- The Experts
- The Patent
- Claim 1
- The Skilled Person
- Common General Knowledge
- Scope of the Claims
- Integer (1) – removable fastener
- Integer (2) – an elongate body
- Integer (3) – a head at one end
- Integer (8) – a screw head adjacent the first member head
- operated
- aperture in each of two workpieces
- The product alleged to infringe
- An equivalent
- Conclusion on infringement
- Validity
- Conclusion on Validity
- Insufficiency
- Overall Conclusion