Objective Boundaries or Bust: CAFC Reaffirms Indefiniteness for the Best Metrics

by Dennis Crouch

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a judgment invalidating patent claims for indefiniteness where the claims used "optimal" and "best" language without providing objective boundaries for those terms of degree. Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. MediaPointe, Inc., No. 2024-1571 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 25, 2025).


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