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Pharmaceutical Patents Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Appeals

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Common Sense Approach Prevails in Determining Subject Matter Eligibility of Compositions of Matter

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Over the last 15 years, the discussion over the types of subject matter that are considered patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been mostly focused on the software and biological fields. Several years ago, the Federal...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - April 2024 #2

Janssen Pharms., Inc. et al. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. et al., Appeal Nos. 2022-1258, -1307 (Fed. Cir. April 1, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit vacated-in-part a district court’s bench trial...more

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Federal Court of Appeal affirms paliperidone palmitate claims are not unpatentable methods of medical treatment

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In a 2022 decision involving Janssen and Pharmascience, the Federal Court found that the claims of Canadian Patent No. 2,655,335 (335 patent, relating to paliperidone palmitate (Janssen’s INVEGA SUSTENNA)) were not invalid...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Mind Your Ps and Qs, and Your PTAs Too

Last week, the Federal Circuit held that obviousness-type double patenting trumps patent term adjustment, opening the door for invalidity attacks that to date had been questionable. In re Cellect was an appeal from a...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court - February 2022 #2

Adapt Pharma Operations Limited v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-2106 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2022) - In our Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in both the majority opinion and...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - August 2021 #5

MLC Intellectual Property, LLC v. Micron Technology, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1413 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2021) - For those interested in an important Section 112 written description case, we recommend reading the Juno...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Federal Circuit Denial of En Banc Rehearing in Amgen v. Sanofi Prompts New Considerations in Genus Claims

Based on the denial of rehearing and the Amgen v. Sanofi decision itself, inventors should: Claim as many separate species as possible. Attempt to fashion genus claims that have a limited number of members supported...more

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Federal Court of Appeal affirms prohibition order against Apotex regarding abiraterone

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As previously reported, in the final decision released under the pre-amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations), the Federal Court granted a prohibition order relating to Canadian Patent No....more

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Important 2020 Patent Law Decisions from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Whether you are pursuing patents on your new technology, thinking about bringing patent infringement litigation or defending patent infringement claims in court, knowing the important developments in patent law will help you...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2021

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Written Description of Therapeutic Efficacy - In two 2019 rulings, the Federal Circuit invoked the “written description requirement” of 35 U.S.C. § 112 to require evidentiary support for therapeutic efficacy. Now that the...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - February 2021 #2

Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021) - In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s JMOL ruling that asserted claims of two related pharmaceutical patents...more

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Upgrade of Appeal Board Decisions Sought to Help Patent Medical Innovations

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The Director of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has been asked to upgrade the status of two recent decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which determined that two medical innovations are eligible to be...more

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Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

Last month, in Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey finding certain claims of U.S. Patent...more

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Section 101 Update: Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences March 2020

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This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has handed down a pair of opinions concerning Section 101 in the field of pharmaceuticals and life sciences. In both cases, the district courts held claims of the...more

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Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

The latest Federal Circuit decision on subject matter eligibility in the life sciences came down (by a divided court) in favor of eligibility, in Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.  The claims at issue fell into the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CareDX, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. (D. Del. 2020)

Ever since the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories was handed down in 2012, diagnostic method claims have been routinely invalidated by the district courts and those decisions...more

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Federal Circuit Review - October 2019

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The PTAB Cannot Approve or Deny Certificates of Correction - In Honeywell International, Inc. v. Arkema Inc., Arkema France, Appeal Nos. 2018-1151, -1153, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) does not have the...more

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INO Therapeutics LLC v. Praxair Distribution Inc.

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BUT FOR A CLERICAL ERROR TO BE ADDRESSED ON REMAND, THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT AFFIRMS FINDINGS OF INELIGIBLE SUBJECT MATTER AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. Case Name: INO Therapeutics LLC v. Praxair Distribution Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS...more

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Federal Circuit Review - August 2019

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Mere Potential for Future Appeal Does Not Prevent Triggering Estoppel of Inter Partes Reexamination When Party Fails to Seek Relief in the First Instance - In Virnetx Inc. v. Apple Inc., Appeal Nos. 2017-1591, -1592,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - July 2019

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd. v. Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Appeal No. 2018-1910 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2019) - In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Skepticism Does Not Need to Be Based on Impossibility

Addressing secondary considerations of non-obviousness, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) obviousness decision, finding that skepticism does not need to be...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit: Skepticism of FDA Supports Finding of Nonobviousness and Patent Eligibility Not Within Scope of Appeal of an IPR

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding nonobvious the claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,772,209 (the “’209 Patent”), which are directed to a method of treating cancer. The claims...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - May 2019

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - ThermoLife Int’l LLC v. GNC Corp., Appeal Nos. 2018-1657, 2018-1666 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2019) - In an appeal from a district court decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s...more

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Neptune Generics, LLC v. Eli Lilly & Co., No. 2018-1257 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 26, 2019).

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Cited Statutory Sections: 101 and 103 - This appeal concerned 10 inter partes reviews (IPRs) filed by petitioners Neptune Generics, Fresenius Kabi USA and Mylan Laboratories against all of the claims of U.S. Patent No....more

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Federal Circuit Review - March 2019

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Federal Circuit Determines Time-Barred Petitioner Joined to an IPR Has Appellate Standing - In Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Research Corporation Tech., Appeal Nos. 2017-2088, -2089, -2091, the Federal Circuit held that a...more

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