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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Colombian Researchers Patent Optimized Process For Biodiesel Production

Researchers at the National University of Colombia (UN) have designed and patented a faster and less costly process for producing biodiesel. The process uses a tube reactor that allows the oil from crops, such as palm,...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

PTAB Grants Fourth Motion to Amend in an IPR Proceeding

For only the fourth time in its history, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) has granted a motion to amend in an inter partes review (“IPR”) proceeding, finding all substitute claims proposed by the patent owner...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Patent Trial and Appeal Board Grants Rare Motion to Amend Claims in Inter Partes Review

On June 5, 2015, a three-judge panel at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), granted a motion to amend in an inter partes review (“IPR”) proceeding, ruling that the patentee Neste Oil Oyj (“Neste”) could amend the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Explicit Definition of a Claim Term Is Not Limiting Where It Excludes a Preferred Embodiment - ButamaxTM Advanced Biofuels,...

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Relying in part on evidence that a district court’s claim construction excluded a preferred embodiment, which was the subject of a dependent claim, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained that the...more

King & Spalding

Intellectual Property Newsletter - December 2012

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In This Issue: ..News From the Bench: - Clarification of the “Vitiation Test” when applying the Doctrine of Equivalents. - The “Success More Likely Than Not” and “Ordinary Observer” Standards for a...more

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