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Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding Medical Devices Pharmaceutical Patents

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Recor Medical, Inc. v. Medtronic Ireland Mfg. (Fed. Cir. 2025)

The inter partes review provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act have been criticized for the propensity of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to find invalid all or at least some of the challenged claims,...more

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Federal Circuit Review - June 2023

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Objective Evidence in Determining Obviousness - In Medtronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Innovations, Appeal No. 21-2357, the Federal Circuit held that a close prima facie case of obviousness can be overcome by strong evidence of...more

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PTAB Agrees to Review Novartis’ Patent for an Ophthalmic Injection Syringe

On October 26, 2021, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) granted Regeneron’s petition to institute an inter partes review (IPR) of Novartis’s patent U.S. Pat. No. 9,220,631 (“the ’631 patent”), which covers a pre-filled...more

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PTAB Life Sciences Report - February 2020

About the PTAB Life Sciences Report:  We will periodically report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Abbott Laboratories v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. PTAB Petition:  IPR2020-00480; filed January...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - January 2019

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Barry v. Medtronic, Inc. (No. 2017-2463, 1/24/19) (Prost, Moore, Taranto) - Taranto, J. Affirming judgement of no invalidating public use of patents related to methods for correcting spinal column anomalies. Also...more

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Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018 (Presentation)

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Knobbe Martens Partners Paul Conover, Irfan Lateef, and Curtis Huffmire presented "Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018" at the MedTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, CA on November 28, 2018. This session...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - October 2016

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Medtronic, Inc. v. Robert Bosch Healthcare (No. 2015-1977, -1986, -1987, 10/20/16) (Lourie, Dyk, Hughes) - Dyk, J. Denying petition for rehearing and confirming the Court's earlier order. “The Board's vacatur of its...more

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