“…d in the specification, and thus the court should lean against a construction which has that effect: see Virgin Airways Ltd v Premium Aircraft Interiors UK Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1062, [2010] RPC 8 at [13] (Jacob LJ). Although Filiatrault is not in terms acknowledged in the Patent, it was common ground between the experts that the earlier pa…”
“…istics of the product. That this is a legitimate approach to construction gains support from the observations of Jacob LJ in Virgin Atlantic v Premium Aircraft [2009] EWCA Civ 1062 at [12] – [15], to the effect that the skilled reader of a patent has some knowledge of patent law and practice. The words would therefore be understood to pro…”