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PTAB Should Analyze Patentability Even if Claims Are Indefinite

INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED - Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Indefinite claims do not preclude patentability analysis at the PTAB....more

A Generic Motivation Is Still a Motivation

INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED - Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A “generic” motivation to combine that has broad appeal or applicability is not...more

Competing Evidence Regarding Whether Reference Qualifies as Primary Reference Precludes Summary Judgment of Obviousness of a...

SPIGEN KOREA CO., LTD. v. ULTRAPROOF, INC. Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Central District of California. Summary: Summary judgment of obviousness is improper for a design patent if there is a genuine...more

Evidence from Non-Instituted Grounds Not Permitted in Final Written Decision at PTAB

IN RE: IPR LICENSING, INC., - Before O’Malley, Newman, and Taranto.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Establishing a motivation to combine two references for an obviousness determination in an IPR...more

Finding No Unambiguous Definition in Record, Federal Circuit Applies Plain Meaning to Disputed PTAB Construction

BRADIUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC V. ANDREI IANCU - Before Moore, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A clear and unambiguous definition of a claim term is required to redefine the term to...more

Lead Compound Analysis Improper When Evaluating a Method of Use of a Compound

NOVARTIS PHAMACEUTICALS CORP V. WEST-WARD PHARMACEUTICALS - Before Stoll, Plager, and Clevenger. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: When a method of using a prior art...more

Federal Circuit Appeal Dismissed Where Party Appealing PTAB Decision Lacked Article III Standing

AVX CORPORATION V. PRESIDIO COMPONENTS, INC. Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent and Trial Appeal Board. Summary: Appellants from an IPR decision to the Federal Circuit must have concrete claims...more

In Re: Durance

Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Lourie, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). Summary: Nothing in § 41.41(b)(2) bars a reply brief from addressing new arguments raised in the...more

Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu

Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Reyna, Bryson, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A petitioner in an Inter Partes Review may introduce new evidence not included in its petition if: 1)...more

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