No claim interpretation summersaults for the EPO (T 2027/23)

PatKat has been watching with keen interest as the first decisions applying the Enlarged Board of Appeal's recent ruling in G 1/24 have started to trickle in. The initial view from many commentators was that G1/24 "extinguished uncertainty" on the issue of claim interpretation. However, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA)'s choice of wording in its G1/24 that the description "shall