Specification Provides Insufficient Structure for MPF Claim

Granting summary judgement to a defendant accused of patent infringement, a court held two patent claims including the term “control unit” indefinite, finding the description in the specification of a “tone control circuit… Read More

Patent Claims Held Indefinite for Mixed Apparatus and Method

In a Claim Construction Memorandum and Order, a court recently held a claim term indefinite for mixing an apparatus and a method. Wireless IP Holdings, L.P., v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. No. 2:18-CV-28-JRG, (E.D. Texas… Read More

Language From CIP Survives “New Matter” Challenge

Finding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board failed to consider the entire record, the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded for further analysis the Board’s decision affirming a rejection of claims for… Read More

User Interface Features Not Patent-Eligible

Finding a lack of technical innovation, a court held claims for three features for a user-vehicle interface to be directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas under the Mayo/Alice test and 35 U.S.C. § 101. Thunder Power New Ener… Read More

When is a document a “Printed Publication” under 102(b)?

The Federal Circuit held that there was an insufficient record to qualify the reference “IsoMed Constant-Flow Infusion System (“IsoMed”) as publicly accessible and therefore a printed publication under 35 U.S.C §102(b), and… Read More

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