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Short of Disavowal: Narrowing ‘Provision’ and ‘Activate’ in Zilkr v. Cisco

Federal Circuit vacates PTAB obviousness ruling in Zilkr v. Cisco, narrowing 'provision' and 'activate' based on uniform specification usage. Continue reading this post on Patently...

Federal Circuit Vacates Win for Patent Owner Due to Bad Claim Construction

In a precedential decision issued Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) vacated a patent infringement judgment against Nine Energy Service Inc., holding...

Many Claims, Many Occurrences

Result-Oriented Claims Fail to Pass § 101 Muster; Industry Standards May Prove Individual Claim Limitations

Out of Line: Chief Judge Moore Rebukes Counsel, Then Leans Toward Reversal in J&M v. Kinze

Chief Judge Moore rebukes J&M's counsel for touting credentials at Markman, yet the panel signals that "askewed angle" is broad, not indefinite. Continue reading this post on P...

Preexamination III: Conception, Inventorship, and the Limits of Landscape

Invention requires conception U.S. inventorship requires invention and invention requires conception. The USPTO’s revised inventorship guidance states the governing standard in the...

First Circuit Enforces Related-Claims Provision to Bar EPL Coverage

A Toothbrush, a Lost Patent, and 170 Years of Claim Drafting

Toothbrush patents reveal how claim drafting evolved from omnibus and Jepson claims to replacement heads, manufacturing, software, and sensors. Continue reading this post on Patent...

Latest Centripetal SCOTUS Petition Challenges Material Changes in Claim Construction Post-Markman

Virginia-based secure network developer Centripetal Networks has filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court for the second time to weigh in on issues rel...

Patent Eligibility Bulletin: Claim Solutions, Not Results

In the third quarter of the year, two Federal Circuit decisions illustrated that claims sharing the same disclosure can fall on opposite sides of the patent eligibility line, depen...

After Williamson: Who Changed Their Claims, and Where the Function Went

New data on 8.75 million patents: means-plus-function claims are down to 3%, but functional claiming hit 74%. Who changed, and what replaced it? Continue reading this post on Paten...

'Creative' Settlement Path For EPRs Shows Wording Risks

T-Mobile's use of a contingency payment to end patent litigation with Kaifi LLC highlights the difficulty of alleged infringers challenging patents through ex parte reexaminations,...

Two Board Decisions Reaching Past the Briefs

PTAB holds CBD formulation claims indefinite over a dual-role ingredient and treats an Apple claim's instruction to a phone as printed matter. Continue reading this post on Patentl...

District Judge Dissents from CAFC Ruling for Amazon, Citing Claim Construction ‘Rabbit Hole’

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in AlterWAN, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. affirming a stipulated final judgment of noninfringement entered...

Syngenta Crop Prot. AG v. UPL Ltd.

Fed. Cir. Docket Nos. 2025-1018, -1019 (nonprecedential)TARANTO, HUGHES, CUNNINGHAMOctober 14, 2026 Decision:  https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-orders/25-1018.OPINION.10-14-2...

Query claims in natural language with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases

This technical how-to builds a conversational claims assistant on Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases that answers natural-language questions with citations. It covers ingesting claim d...

Insurer Says Related Dispute Bars Ad.com TM Suit Coverage

An insurer asked a California federal judge to find that it did not breach its policy with an online advertising company by refusing coverage against a trademark lawsuit, saying th...

Not So Cleaver: Why Merely Referencing a Proposal May Not Incorporate Its Terms

Clear but Impossible: Satius v. Samsung Moves Inoperable Claims from Indefiniteness to Enablement

Satius v. Samsung: a claim reciting an impossible alternative is definite, but the Federal Circuit holds it invalid for lack of enablement under Amgen. Continue reading this post o...

The Federal Circuit Extends Sanho to the Section 102(b)(1)(B) Grace Period

Federal Circuit extends Sanho to 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(B): NCS Multistage's private AirLock sale was no public disclosure, so a rival's sale is prior art. Continue reading this post...

Can Your Computer Corroborate Your Invention Date?

Google v. Valtrus: Federal Circuit holds Word metadata can corroborate an inventor's conception testimony, while a § 101 dismissal still looms. Continue reading this post on Patent...

When Two Words Do Not Necessarily Do Two Jobs- Legal Doublets and Surplusage in Insurance Policies