Obviousness-type double patenting may exist when there is neither common ownership nor common inventorship *

USA - April 30 2013
Addressing an obviousness-type double patenting rejection, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision by the U.S. Patent and…

Co-authors: Kenneth C. Cheney.

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Functional preamble claim language directed to the essence of the invention can be limiting *

USA - March 29 2013
In a non-precedential decision addressing patentability of rejected claims of an application, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit…

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Appellee can rely on any ground supported by the record to defend the decision appealed from *

USA - February 28 2013
Addressing obviousness in the context of dimensional claim limitations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed in part and…

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Positioning a finger flap between cans in a carton is non-obvious *

USA - January 31 2013
Addressing obviousness in the context of inter partes reexamination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S…

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A carrier is not a country *

USA - November 29 2012
Addressing a lower court’s claim construction and summary judgment of non-infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that more limited claim construction found a lower court was correct and sustained the summary judgment ruling.

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