17 In an invention for a microparticle injection, the parties disputed the meaning of the word "particle." The Federal Circuit narrowly interpreted a "particle" as requiring both a "drug" and a "drug retaining substance." The court justified its interpretation because in all 31 examples in ...
It was also irrelevant that BIG SIX does not appear in the dictionary, as dictionary use is not controlling on the question of registrability “when the word or term has a well understood and recognized meaning.” The TTAB also discounted Applicant’s evidence (printouts of Google search resul...