Shoes by Firebug LLC v. Stride Rite Children’s Grp., LLC

When the claim body fully and intrinsically sets forth all limitations of the invention and the preamble merely states a purpose or intended use, the preamble is not limiting; a preamble may be limiting in one patent's claim yet not in a related patent's claim.

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