August 2010
Repeated Description of Mechanism in Specification Limits Scope of Claim Term, Despite Applicant’s Statements During Prosecution Suggesting a Broader Construction
[Appealed from D. Del., Chief Judge Sleet]
Filing Date of Provisional Application Can Have Patent-Defeating Effect
[Appealed from Board]
Obviousness, a Question of Law and Fact, Is Reviewable on JMOL in Certain Cases
[Appealed from D. Colo., Senior Judge Babcock]
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Analysis for Patents Claiming a Compound Should Include an Examination of Any Utility Disclosed in the Specification of the Earlier-Issued Patent
[Appealed from E.D. Mich., Judge Steeh]
Federal Circuit Finds Listing Claim Elements Separately Clearly Implies Those Elements Are Distinct Components of the Patented Invention
[Appealed from D. Del., Chief Judge Sleet]
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 |