March 2015
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District Court Erred in Its Claim Construction by Importing Limitations Unsupported by the Intrinsic Record
No. 14-1110 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 2, 2015)
[Appealed from D.D.C., Judge Collyer]
Federal Circuit Affirms First Final Decision Appealed from an Inter Partes Review
[Appealed from Board]
Federal Circuit Declines to Extend the Reach of Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
[Appealed from N.D. Ill., Judge Darrah]
Statements Made by Inventor During Prosecution History Are Binding, Regardless of Whether Examiner Relied on Them
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Davis]
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Judgment Under Theory of Issue Preclusion
Nos. 12-1649, -1650 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 12, 2015)
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Chief Judge Davis]
District Court Erred by Applying Collateral Estoppel to a General Jury Verdict That Could Have Rested on Multiple Grounds
No. 14-1347 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 12, 2015)
[Appealed from D. Del., Chief Judge Stark]
A Patent Claim Can Be Construed to Include All of the Objectives of the Invention Listed in the Specification
[Appealed from S.D. Cal., Judge Benitez]
Applicant’s Conduct That Does Not Actually Delay Prosecution Can Reduce Patent Term Adjustment
[Appealed from E.D. Va., Judge O’Grady]
| Abbreviations | |
| AIA | America Invents Act |
| 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 |
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