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 |
