Function words include articles, pronouns or prepositions, whereas content words, include nouns, verbs and adjectives. The findings show that babies are able to understand grammatical construction ...

Where the word “means” is not actually recited in a patent claim, case law provides a strong presumption that the claim is not a means-plus-function claim under § 112(f). If it is shown ...

Content vs. Function Words. As Schoolhouse Rock taught us, pronouns are words like we, you, and it that stand in for longer names or phrases.