The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that when patent owner in February and March 2003, performed furnace tube inspection services similar to the later-issued method patent, on Norco’s furnace in exchange for $72,060, more than one year before the patent application … [Read more...] about Offer to Sell Services, for Compensation, More Than One Year Before Patent Filed, Invalidates Patent
Inherent Prior Art Feature Must Show Specific Percent Limitation and Claimed Percent Must Be Unexpected in Prior Art
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (a) overruled the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that the use of inherency in the context of obviousness must be carefully circumscribed because that which may be inherent is not … [Read more...] about Inherent Prior Art Feature Must Show Specific Percent Limitation and Claimed Percent Must Be Unexpected in Prior Art
Fed. Cir. Affirms Denial of Motion to Amend During IPR
In Prolitec, Inc. v. Scentair Technologies, Inc. 2015-1020 (Fed. Cir. December 2015) (Available Here), the Federal Circuit affirmed the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) determination in an inter partes review (“IPR”) that the patent … [Read more...] about Fed. Cir. Affirms Denial of Motion to Amend During IPR
