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Affirming the district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated its precedent that “a claim to a method of using a composition is not patentably distinct from an earlier claim to the identical composition in a patent disclosing the identical use” and confirmed that its holding “extends to any and all such uses disclosed in the specification of the earlier patent.”
The Commission declined review today of a May 27, 2010 initial determination by ALJ Gildea, finding no violation of Section 337 with respect to one patent, and terminated Inv. No. 337-TA-650, Certain Coaxial Cable Connectors and Components Thereof and Products Containing Same
