Rivera v. International Trade Commission, Solofill, LLC
Claims that lack support from the written description are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112.
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EnOcean GmbH v. Face Int’l Corp.
35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶6 is not invoked, in the absence of reciting the term “means”, if those skilled in the art understand the structural significance of the claim language. Also, in means-plus-function claims, even if a disputed term is not limited to a single structure, the disputed term is not disqualified as a corresponding structure as long as a class of structures is identifiable by a skilled artisan.
SCRIPTPRO, LLC AND SCRIPTPRO USA, INC v. INNOVATION ASSOCIATES INC.,
A specification can communicate to a person of ordinary skill in the art that a patentee invented not just the combination of all identified features but also sub-combinations of the features – which may achieve the purposes of an invention even without the omitted features.
X2Y Attenuators, LLC v. Int’l Trade Comm’n
Describing elements in the specification as essential rises to the level of disavowal of claim scope
In re Bimeda & Development Limited
There must be adequate support within the description of a patent to claim a genus when a species is described.
Synthes USA, LLC, and Depuy Synthes Products, LLC v. Spinal Kinetics INC.,
There must be adequate support within the description of a patent to claim a genus when a species is described.
Joy MM Delaware, Inc. v Cincinnati Mine Machinery, Co.
Best mode requirement does not actually require a disclosure of the best mode, but rather requires sufficient disclosure to enable one of skill in the art to practice the best mode without undue experimentation.
Santarus Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc.
Written description requirement for negative limitations; Parent applications as prior art against CIP applications
Spine Solutions Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA Inc.
Evidence of uncertainty and extensive testing can be useful to show nonobviousness, even if a claimed element was known to be possible and considered at a prior time.
Hyatt v. Doll
Evidence not submitted by an applicant during prosecution or appeal is not admissible as a matter of right, and may not be admissible at all in a subsequent court appeal. The Federal Circuit will likely apply an equity-like standard when considering the admissibility of such evidence.