| 25-1049 |
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2026-03-04 |
Pending |
Amici (5) |
equitable-doctrine gap-filling-doctrine patent-act patent-examination patent-issuance prosecution-laches |
Whether the PTO may invoke the equitable doctrine of "prosecution laches" to deny a patent to an applicant who has complied with all the Patent Act's … |
| 25-308 |
Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-09-16 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
inter-partes-review patent-act patent-applications printed-publications prior-art statutory-interpretation |
Whether patent applications that became publicly
accessible only after the challenged patent's critical date
are "prior art * * * printed publicatio… |
| 24-836 |
Impact Engine, Inc. v. Google LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claim-construction functional-claim judicial-exception patent-act patent-eligibility scientific-building-blocks |
Section 101 of the Patent Act provides that "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter" is eligible for a patent. This… |
| 22-919 |
Stephen Thaler v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
artificial-intelligence innovation-rights invention inventor inventor-definition patent patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation |
Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term "inventor" to human beings alone? |
| 21-7010 |
Jabari J. Johnson v. James Johnson |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
35-usc-112 federal-circuit patent patent-act standing written-description |
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| 21-1056 |
Universal Secure Registry LLC v. Apple Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test federal-circuit patent-act patent-eligibility section-101 specificity unconventionality unexpected-results |
Does patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 require "specificity," "unexpected results" and "unconventionality," in conflict with the Patent Act and… |
| 21-7007 |
Amador Rodriguez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure-act fintiv-factors inter-partes-review patent-act patent-office |
Question not identified. |
| 20-1809 |
VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-06-29 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 innovation innovation-incentives judicial-framework legal-uncertainty patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law patent-system statutory-interpretation subject-matter-eligibility |
What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim "directed to" a patent-ineligible concept under step one of the Court's two-st… |
| 20-769 |
GS Cleantech Corporation, et al. v. Adkins Energy LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-12-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-procedure de-novo-review federal-circuit patent patent-act patent-law standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Until the Federal Circuit's decision in this patent case, every Circuit had held that an issue resolved on partial summary judgment, and not reopened … |
| 20-355 |
Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-17 |
Dismissed |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
35-usc-287 damages federal-circuit infringement-notice marking-statute notice-of-infringement patent-act patent-damages patent-marking statutory-interpretation willful-infringement |
Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that "notified of the infringement" and "such notice" under §287(a) refer only to communications from th… |
| 20-158 |
SRAM, LLC v. FOX Factory, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-103 commercial-success federal-circuit graham-v-john-deere nonobviousness objective-indicia patent-act patent-claim patent-law person-of-ordinary-skill secondary-considerations statutory-interpretation |
In Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U.S. 1 (1966), this Court recognized the pivotal importance of "objective indicia" of nonobviousness (… |
| 20-88 |
HZNP Finance Limited, et al. v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-112 claim-construction consisting-essentially-of nautilus-v-biosig patent patent-act patent-claim patent-validity reasonable-certainty statutory-interpretation transitional-phrase |
Whether the "basic and novel properties" identified in connection with a patent claim's transitional phrase "consisting essentially of" must independe… |
| 19-1451 |
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge federal-circuit forfeiture ksr-international-co-v-teleflex-inc obviousness patent-act patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board pending-case separation-of-powers |
While Sanofi's appeal was pending before the Federal Circuit, the court decided Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 941 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2019),… |
| 19-1132 |
Blackbird Tech LLC, dba Blackbird Technologies v. Health in Motion LLC, dba Inspire Fitness, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees case-by-case-analysis exceptional-case judicial-determination litigating-position litigation-discretion octane-fitness patent-act patent-law patent-litigation |
Can a court consider factors unrelated to the instant case in determining whether a particular case is exceptional, i.e., whether those outside factor… |
| 19-522 |
Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
|
abstract-idea civil-procedure computer-implemented-invention computer-implemented-inventions federal-circuit innovation patent-act patent-act-1952 patent-eligibility standing |
In Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), the Court declined once again to define the scope of the "abstract idea" exce… |
| 19-353 |
Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-09-18 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
abstract-idea civil-procedure computer-implemented-invention computer-implemented-inventions federal-circuit innovation patent-act patent-act-1952 patent-eligibility standing |
In Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), the Court declined once again to define the scope of the "abstract idea" exce… |
| 19-324 |
Technology Properties Limited LLC, et al. v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-09-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure due-process standing supreme-court-precedent the-patent-act federal-circuit patent patent-act patent-law prosecution-history-disclaimer separation-of-powers supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's development and application of the doctrine of "prosecution history disclaimer" i… |
| 18-1285 |
Gilbert P. Hyatt, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2019-04-10 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-law mandamus manual-of-patent-examining-procedure patent-act patent-and-trademark-office patent-appeal patent-appeal-rights patent-appeals patent-examination patent-examiner patent-office patent-office-procedure patent-prosecution statutory-interpretation steinmetz-v-allen |
Whether MPEP § 1207.04 violates patent applicants' statutory right of appeal following a second rejection. |
| 18-1199 |
InvestPic, LLC v. SAP America, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Amici (8) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-v-cls-bank computer-implemented-process federal-circuit inventive-concept judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility physical-realm preemption |
Does the Federal Circuit's "physical realm" test contravene the Patent Act and this Court's precedent by categorically excluding otherwise patentable … |
| 18-1088 |
Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, et al. v. United Services Automobile Association |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 constitutional-grant constitutional-power judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-test |
For over 70 years, the Court has used a common law patent eligibility test that deviates from the language and plain meaning of the patent eligibility… |
| 18-801 |
Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. NantKwest, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-12-21 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11)Relisted (2) |
35-usc-145 administrative-law civil-action civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit judicial-review patent patent-act patent-application patent-law personnel-expenses standing statutory-interpretation uspto USPTO-litigation |
Whether the phrase "[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings" in 35 U.S.C. 145 encompasses the personnel expenses the USPTO incurs when its employees, in… |