June 2014
During Claim Construction, Reading Limitations from a Preferred Embodiment and Importing Limitations Conflicting with a Preferred Embodiment Are Improper
No. 13-1267 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2014)
[Appealed from N.D. Ohio, Judge Gwin]
PTO May Reject Claims as Indefinite If Not as Reasonably Precise as the Circumstances Permit
[Appealed from Board]
Exact Genetic Copies of Patent Ineligible Subject Matter Are Also Patent Ineligible
[Appealed from Board]
An Obviousness Determination May Be Overturned When the Evidence Includes Merely Conclusory Statements About Motivation to Combine Prior Art
[Appealed from C.D. Cal., Judge Anderson]
Packages of Computer Source Code Entitled to Copyright Protection
[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Judge Alsup]
Trademark Registration Refused Because It Contained Disparaging Matter
[Appealed from TTAB]
Conveying Possession of at Least One Embodiment Meeting Construction of Disputed Claim Provides Sufficient Written Description Support in Interference Proceeding
[Appealed from Board]
“Common Sense” Cannot Substitute for Record Evidence to Support Obviousness Rejections in Inter Partes Reexamination
[Appealed from Board]
Abbreviations | |
ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
APJ | Administrative Patent Judge |
Board | Patent Trial and Appeal Board (formerly the 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 |