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If, however, the Court determines that the preamble is not limiting—a risk that must be acknowledged—the non-infringement analysis would rest entirely on the claim body elements analyzed below

By contrast, the PE-5000's friction-fit retention ring can be overcome simply by applying sufficient pulling force—there is no "locked position" from which the seal must be affirmatively released

1990) ("To establish literal infringement, every limitation set forth in a claim must be found in an accused product

" Claim 3 depends from Claim 1 and adds a single additional limitation specifying the nature of the seal member: it must be an "elastomeric valve having a self-sealing slit extending across the interior passage

more than one); (2) the pawls must be "radially-arranged" (i

arranged in a radial pattern around the circumference of the assembly); and (3) the pawls must be "configured to engage corresponding detents formed on the seal member" (i