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Federal Circuit Refines Obviousness Framework for Drug and Biologic Dosing Regimens

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court ruling that a pharmaceutical dosing claim limitation was unpatentable due to obviousness-type double patenting. The court found...more

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End of the Road for Jepson Format Claims in the Life Sciences?

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In In re: Xencor, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed that the limiting preamble of a Jepson claim must be supported by the specification with “sufficient written description.” In its decision, the...more

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Federal Circuit Acetris Decision Is Important for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Planning Sales to US Government

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s February 10 decision in Acetris Health, LLC v. United States provides important guidance regarding the determination of a product’s country of origin, which is a gating issue...more

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Attorney General’s Office May Weigh In on Constitutionality of IPRs involving Pre-AIA Patents

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The 2011 America Invents Act (AIA) provided a variety of new ways to administratively challenge patents, including the now widely used inter partes review (“IPR”) procedure. In two recent appeals of IPR decisions, Genentech...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Amgen v. Sandoz

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On January 13, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Amgen v. Sandoz, 794. F.3d 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2015) and Sandoz v. Amgen, 773 F.3d 1274 (Fed. Cir. 2014), appealed from the Federal Circuit. The petitions involve the...more

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Post-Grant Challenges in Life Sciences: A Midyear Assessment

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The America Invents Act established inter partes review and post-grant reviews mechanisms to challenge the validity of issued United States patents. These procedures were created to improve patent quality, and were introduced...more

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