| 24A577 |
Koss Corporation v. Bose Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2024-12-12 |
Presumed Complete |
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federal-circuit issue-estoppel patent-invalidation patent-litigation patent-preclusion pleading-sufficiency |
Whether issue preclusion can apply to a district court's dismissal with leave to amend when the amended complaint is subsequently filed and the case i… |
| 24-635 |
Celanese International Corporation, et al. v. International Trade Commission, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
america-invents-act on-sale-bar patent-invalidation patent-law process-claims secret-process |
Whether the sale of an end product made by a secret process invalidates the patent on that process under the America Invents Act when the process itse… |
| 24A303 |
Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-09-30 |
Presumed Complete |
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administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-trial-and-appeal-board separation-of-powers |
Whether the Administrative Procedure Act prohibits a Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel from both instituting and deciding the merits of an inter par… |
| 23-1231 |
Cellect, LLC v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Amici (11) |
equitable-doctrine good-faith-procurement investment-backed-expectations judicial-doctrine obviousness-type-double-patenting patent patent-invalidation patent-term-adjustment statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions |
Whether a patent procured in good faith can be invalidated on the ground that statutory Patent Term Adjustment, which requires lengthening a patent's … |
| 23-575 |
Fleur Tehrani v. Hamilton Technologies LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2023-11-28 |
Denied |
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35-usc-103 federal-circuit obviousness patent patent-invalidation patent-law posita prior-art |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in its analysis |
| 22-26 |
Larry G. Junker v. Medical Components, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
commercial-offer contract-law federal-circuit on-sale-bar patent-infringement patent-invalidation prior-art standing third-party-quotation |
May a price quotation invoke the on-sale bar when made by a third party who had no right to sell the invention and with no involvement by the patentee… |
| 21-1458 |
EPA Drug Initiative II v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-05-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-doctrine hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-proceedings patent-invalidation patent-invalidity standing supervisory-power third-party-intervention |
Questions presented |
| 20-1003 |
Christy, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
compensation government-fees inter-partes-review patent patent-exaction patent-invalidation post-grant-review private-property property-rights takings-clause |
When a duly-issued patent is invalidated through a post-grant review process (such as an IPR), must compensation be paid under the Takings Clause? |
| 20-675 |
Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2020-11-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-311-312 35-usc-314 35-usc-318 administrative-law inter-partes-review judicial-review patent-invalidation patent-procedure patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board |
Whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may invalidate patent claims based on a ground not asserted by the petitioner |
| 19-832 |
Apple Inc. v. VirnetX Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-12-31 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
apportionment apportionment-rule federal-circuit innovation license-valuation patent-damages patent-infringement patent-invalidation pending-litigation prior-licenses |
Whether the Federal Circuit's reliance on prior licenses to ascertain infringement damages, without satisfying apportionment rules, conflicts with thi… |
| 18-861 |
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
agency-procedure discovery due-process inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-litigation patent-office patent-office-procedures privy real-party-in-interest standing statutory-interpretation time-bar |
Whether the court of appeals and agency erred by holding that 'real party in interest, or privy of the petitioner' refers only to others who 'control'… |
| 18-441 |
Accord Healthcare, Inc., et al. v. UCB, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-10-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
35-usc-103 lead-compound obviousness patent patent-invalidation patent-law pharmaceutical pharmaceutical-compound prior-art |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in holding that a patent claim to an obvious modification of a prior art compound was not invalid as obvious under 3… |
| 18-189 |
Smartflash LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause covered-business-method-review due-process patent-eligibility patent-invalidation patent-trial-and-appeal-board principal-officers |
Whether Administrative Patent Judges are principal Officers under the Appointments Clause |