Extolling the Virtues: ‘Space-Efficient’ Preamble Fails to Limit

by Dennis Crouch

The Federal Circuit's nonprecedential decision in NimbeLink Corp. v. Digi International Inc., No. 2024-2292 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 23, 2026) has a split decision:

  1. Reversed a finding that the patent claims were invalid as indefinite;
  2. Affirmed the dismissal of NimbeLink's breach-of-contract claims arising from two non-disclosure agreements.

The patent issue turned on a familiar question: whether the claim preamble adds a substantive limitation.


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