Patent Office Introduces Deferred Responses for Subject Matter Eligibility Rejections

by Bryan Hart on January 10th, 2022
The Patent Office recently introduced a new pilot program called the Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response pilot program going into effect on February 1. As detailed in a Federal Register notice, the program permits applica… Read More

Prosecution Disclaimer Pitfalls

by Mark St. Amour on June 7th, 2021
In Speedtrack, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (June 3, 2021), the Federal Circuit affirmed not only the district court’s findings relating to patent infringement, but also the importance of prosecution history when interpreting the c… Read More

Written Decision Needed For IPR Estoppel

by Mark St. Amour on March 2nd, 2020
In Finjan, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. Case No. 17-cv-00072-BLF (N. D. Cal. Feb. 3, 2020) the Northern District of California denied Plaintiff Finjan’s motion for summary judgement of validity of a number of claims of various pa… Read More

Prosecution History Crucial for Claim Interpretation of “Remote”

by Mark St. Amour on April 16th, 2018
The Federal Circuit has again highlighted the importance of prosecution history for patent claim interpretation. In Baker v. Microsoft Corp., No. 2017-2357 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 9, 2018) the Federal Circuit upheld a district court claim… Read More

CBM Estoppel Limited to Substantially Identical References

by Bryan Hart on March 16th, 2018
A district court recently held the scope of estoppel from covered-business-method (CBM) review encompasses the references used in the CBM as well as almost-identical references. (Solutran, Inc. v. U.S. Bancorp et al. (D. Minn. 201… Read More

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