February 2012
Claim Construction Not Based on the Intrinsic Record and Pursuit of Baseless Infringement Action Result in a $5 Million Fee Award
[Appealed from S.D. Ill., Chief Judge Herndon]
Market Need Properly Linked to the Invention Can Be Probative of
Long-Felt Need and Supportive of Nonobviousness
[Appealed from N.D. Ill., Judge Shadur]
The Existence of a Case or Controversy in a Patent Suit Must Be Evaluated on a Claim-by-Claim Basis
[Appealed from D. Neb., Chief Judge Bataillon]
Lack of Assignment Provision in a Consulting Agreement Leads to Loss of Patent Rights
[Appealed from N.D. Ala., Chief Judge Blackburn]
Scientist Who Contributed to the Method of Making a Novel Compound Is a Joint Inventor of a Claim Covering That Compound
[Appealed from N.D. Ohio, Senior Judge Dowd]
Statements During Reexamination Can Be Considered During Claim Construction
[Appealed from N.D. Ill., Judge Zagel]
Means-Plus-Function Claims Found Not Indefinite After Waiver of Argument in District Court
[Appealed from D.D.C., Judge Collyer]
Abbreviations | |
ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
APJ | Administrative Patent Judge |
Board | Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences |
Commissioner | Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks |
CIP | Continuation-in-Part |
DJ | Declaratory Judgment |
DOE | Doctrine of Equivalents |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
IDS | Information Disclosure Statement |
ITC | International Trade Commission |
JMOL | Judgment as a Matter of Law |
MPEP | Manual of Patent Examining Procedure |
NDA | New Drug Application |
PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
PTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
SJ | Summary Judgment |
TTAB | Trademark Trial and Appeal Board |