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Patent Claims Applying Machine Learning Methods to New Environment Do Not Withstand § 101 Scrutiny

RECENTIVE ANALYTICS, INC. v. FOX CORP. - Before Dyk, Prost, and Goldberg. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The Federal Circuit found that claims applying established methods of...more

Equitable Estoppel: Misleading Silence Not Enough Unless It Was Relied on and Caused Prejudice

FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT v. SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The defense of equitable estoppel requires showing that the...more

The Board Must Provide Reasoned Explanation When Discarding Material, Unrebutted Evidence

CQV CO., LTD. v. MERCK PATENT GMBH - Before Cunningham, Chen, and Mayer. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Board erred by failing to explain why it discarded material and unrebutted evidence that a reference...more

Where Method Claim Steps Are Connected by “And,” a Covered Method Must Perform Each Step

SIERRA WIRELESS, ULC V. SISVEL S.P.A. Before Moore, Schall, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Board erred by finding method-claim steps connected by “and” to be conditional and by never...more

Every Word Counts: Specification Naming Conventions Can Limit Claim Scope

A patent’s specification established a naming convention that applied to terms in the patent’s claims. Microchip Technology filed an IPR, arguing all claims of HD Silicon Solutions’ patent were invalid. The challenged patent...more

“Quotation” Letter Found to Constitute Offer Invalidating Patents

CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC. - Before Dyk, Hughes, and Cunningham.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Summary:  An offer for sale...more

Resolving Claim Construction Dispute at 12(b)(6) Stage May Be Error if Specification Indicates Claim Term Does Not Have its Plain...

UTTO INC. v. METROTECH CORP. Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary: The district court erred in construing the claims at the motion...more

Combining Abstract Ideas Does Not Make Them Less Abstract

Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more

An Expert Witness Need Not Have Been a Posita at the Time of the Invention

Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Stoll.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: An expert witness can testify from the perspective of a POSITA at the time of the invention even if they...more

Result-Oriented Claims Based on Natural Laws Held Invalid Under § 101

AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC - Before Dyk, Moore, Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Mechanical method claims involving tuning...more

In Re Oath Holdings Inc.

Federal Circuit Summary - Before Dyk, Reyna, and Taranto, per curiam. Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Summary: In a case pending before TC Heartland was...more

Stone Basket Innovations, LLC v. Cook Medical, LLC

Federal Circuit Summaries - Before PROST, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Southern District of Indiana. Summary: In determining whether a party’s actions were “exceptional” under Octane Fitness, the District...more

Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Google LLC

Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Newman, Bryson, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Prosecution disclaimer occurred when an applicant explained why claims were amended and the Examiner...more

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