| 23-185 |
HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2023-08-29 |
Denied |
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35-usc-116 conception-standard federal-circuit federal-circuit-interpretation joint-invention joint-inventorship patent patent-claim patent-inventorship patent-specification statutory-construction |
1. Whether joint inventorship requires anything more than a contribution to conception that is stated in a patent claim.
2. Whether, under Section 11… |
| 21-1566 |
Juno Therapeutics, Inc., et al. v. Kite Pharma, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-06-15 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (6) |
35-usc-112(a) enablement federal-circuit invention-scope inventor-possession patent patent-law patent-specification statutory-interpretation written-description |
Section 112(a) of Title 35, United States Code, requires that a patent include a "specification," which "shall contain a written description of the in… |
| 21-1567 |
Biogen International GmbH, et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-06-15 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
35-usc-112 effective-dose efficacy-requirement federal-circuit multiple-sclerosis patent patent-law patent-specification statutory-interpretation written-description |
Is 35 U.S.C. § 112's requirement that a patent specification "contain a written description of the invention" met when the specification describes the… |
| 21-413 |
Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. Oki Data Americas, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-15 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-112 claim-construction claim-interpretation definiteness-standard expert-testimony indefiniteness patent patent-law patent-specification person-skilled-in-the-art prosecution-history |
Whether a patent claim is indefinite under § 112, ¶ 2, if conflicting positions about a claim term arise during the patent prosecution process, even i… |
| 19-8094 |
Caleb S. Motupalli v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2020-03-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-112 america-invents-act enablement interdisciplinary-invention interdisciplinary-team patent-enablement patent-examination patent-specification pre-aia pro-se single-skilled-person waiver |
35 U.S.C. §112 requires that the specification of a patent application describe the invention in such terms that those skilled in the art are enabled … |
| 19-1131 |
Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. v. Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
35-usc-112 claim-construction federal-circuit patent-claims patent-law patent-law-35-usc-112 patent-specification patent-validity statutory-interpretation written-description written-description-requirement |
Whether § 112 requires a patent's specification to contain a written description of all of the limitations of a patent's claims, not just a "substanti… |
| 18-1448 |
Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al. v. Clearswift Ltd. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
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35-usc-101 berkheimer berkheimer-standard conclusory-legal-assertions federal-circuit patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-infringement patent-specification pleading presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 twombly |
Where a threshold patent-eligibility determination under 35 U.S.C. § 101 is presented in a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a clai… |
| 18-590 |
Cave Consulting Group, LLC v. OptumInsight, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-11-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claim-language claim-scope judicial-construction lexicography-disavowal patent-claim-construction patent-scope patent-specification patent-validity public-notice specification specification-interpretation written-description |
Congress requires inventors seeking patent protection to specifically identify what they regard as their invention in a patent claim. The Patent Offic… |
| 18-124 |
Two-Way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
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35-usc-101 abstract-idea factual-questions innovation-specificity motion-to-dismiss patent-claims patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-under-35-usc-101 patent-specification section-101 specificity-requirement technological-architecture |
1. In order to clear the threshold eligibility determination under 35 U.S.C. § 101, must a patent include in its claims a sufficient level of specific… |