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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions: Introduction

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/10/2022

Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no exception. It briefly returned to live...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/9/2022

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

Last Week In The Federal Circuit (August 30-September 3): Candor At The Patent Office

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry on 9/8/2021

The Federal Circuit returned to a full week of in-person arguments last week. But that didn’t keep it from issuing a range of decisions in patent and non-patent cases. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and our...more

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (June 7-11): Prosecution Laches—Following the Letter of the Law May Not Always Be Enough

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry on 6/15/2021

If last week’s post on prosecution disclaimer left you hoping for more decisions about the patent application process, you're in luck. This week we're covering another case about patent prosecution and the somewhat rare...more

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (February 8-12): Patent Term Adjustments When Examiners Back Down

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry on 2/17/2021

Did you remember to send your favorite examiner a Valentine’s Day card? Okay, so maybe that’s not the typical applicant/examiner relationship. But this week we do look at some potential consequences from the back and forth...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions: Data and Trends: AIA PTAB Appeals to the Federal...

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/4/2021

These charts and graphs appear in the firm's Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions report... Appeals from the USPTO dipped in FY20, reaching their lowest level since FY15. After four...more

Patent Trial and Appeal Board Claim Construction Cannot Be Unreasonable - Microsoft Corp., v. Proxyconn, Inc.

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/3/2015

Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) has the authority to use the broadest reasonable interpretation claim...more

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