Law applied:
Patent Act § 14
Summary of the Court:
The fact that a patent is delimited from a citation cited in the description by a specific feature of the claim can only lead to a restrictive interpretation if it is recognizable to which concrete embodiment the delimitation refers (supplement to Federal Supreme Court (BGH), judgment of March 2, 2021 - X ZR 17/19, GRUR 2021, 945 - Schnellwechseldorn; judgment of November 27, 2018 - X ZR 16/17, GRUR 2019, 491 - Scheinwerferbelüftungssystem).
Federal Supreme Court, Judgment of April 26, 2022 - X ZR 44/20, GRUR-RS 2022, 13578
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