In 2021, the Federal Circuit determined that Amgen’s biotech antibody patents lack enablement, i.e., the specification did not teach one of ordinary skill in the art how to make and use the invention without undue...more
The use of the word “about” in a patent claim as part of a numeric range might permit the patent holder to preclude competitor formulations falling outside the approximate range, as illustrated in a fairly recent decision Par...more
In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed Delaware District Court’s finding of invalidity based on failure to define the scope of the invention and to meet the written description requirements of 35 USC § 112. IBSA...more
In a recent decision, the issue before the Federal Circuit was the meaning of the term “product” in a patent term extension statute. Biogen Int'l GmbH v. Banner Life Scis. LLC, 956 F.3d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2020). Section 156 of...more