Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North Amer, No. 12-1014 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 21, 2014)

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The court en banc granted the petition filed by p a- tentee Lighting Ballast Control, in order to reconsider the holding in Cybor Corp. v. FAS Technologies, Inc., 138 F.3d 1448 (Fed. Cir. 1998) ( en banc) establishing the standard of appellate review of district court decisions concerning the meaning and scope of patent claims —called “claim construction.” Implementing the Supreme Court’s deci- sion in Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. , 517 U.S. 370 (1996) ( Markman II ), aff’g Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 52 F.3d 967 (Fed. Cir.