The Federal Circuit has repeatedly and in no uncertain terms rejected claim constructions that improperly import a limiting descriptor into a claim. See, e.g., Linear Tech. Corp. v. ITC, 566 F.3d 1049, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 2009); Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., 314 F.3d 1313, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Evolusion Concepts, Inc. v. HOC Events, Inc., 22 F.4th 1361, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2022).
"We have repeatedly held that 'it is not enough that the only embodiments, or all of the embodiments, contain a particular limitation to limit claims beyond their plain meaning.'" Evolusion Concepts, Inc. v. HOC Events, Inc., 22 F.4th 1361, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2022)