
It's common for parties to not dispute the presence of some portions of a patent claim in an accused product. For example, in a patent for a "computing device" with software meeting certain limitations, the defendant may not dispute that the presence of a "computing device"—but might vigorously dispute that the software it runs meets the remaining claim limitations.
In most patent cases, the presence of at least some portion of the claim limitations in the accused product is not disputed—and often, quite a few limitations are not disputed. But the parties regularly …