patent-prosecution-history-estoppel

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-1058 Hospira, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Company Federal Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Amici (1) claim-drafting claim-narrowing doctrine-of-equivalents literal-infringement patent-claim-interpretation patent-claims patent-prosecution-estoppel patent-prosecution-history-estoppel patent-scope prior-art-rejection tangential-relation tangential-relation-exception Whether a patentee may recapture subject matter via the doctrine of equivalents under the 'tangential relation' exception
18-7691 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP america-invents-act civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-grants due-process judicial-review patent patent-prosecution-history-estoppel patent-reexamination standing takings Whether the District Court and Circuit Court Judges have a duty to abide by the Constitution and rule per the Law of the Case and Law of the Land