CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,279,000 B1
U.S. Patent No. 10,279,000 B1 (‘000) issued on May 7, 2019, for “Method for Treating Cannabis Induced Anxiety.” It was issued to inventor Mark Hetherington, of Saskatoon, Canada and Jason Green, of...
Garage Door Tech Not Patent-Eligible
On August 21, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Techtronic Inds. Co., that Chamberlain’s U.S. Patent No. 7,224,275 (‘275) directed to wireless...
NIST Seeking Comments on CRISPR Lexicon
On September 18, 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s Genome Editing Consortium (GEC) formally sought comments on genome editing, commonly called CRISPR, terminology in...
Fed Circuit Watch: Claim Construction Before Patent-Eligibility Analysis
There have been several patent-eligibility rulings by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this year, but on August 16, 2019, the Fed Circuit held that claim construction in-dispute must be...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,258,601 B1
U.S. Patent No. 10,258,601 B1 (‘601) issued on April 16, 2019, for “Vaporizable Cannabinoid Compositions.” It was issued to applicant/inventor Stephen C. Perry, of Norwood, Massachusetts. The...
Fed Circuit Watch: Valuable Contribution Is Not Necessarily Patent-Eligible
In a strange ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, on July 29, 2019, although publicly released on August 9, 2019, in Genetic Veterinary Scis., Inc. v. Laboklin GmbH & Co KG, the...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. PP30,668 P3
U.S. Patent No. PP30,668 P3 (‘668) issued on July 9, 2019, for “Cannabis Plant Named ‘DD-CT-BR5’.” It was issued to inventor David Holmes of San Gabriel, California. The applicant/assignee is...
Fed Circuit Watch: IPRs Not Unconstitutional Taking Under Fifth Amendment
Many cases have been heard before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dealing with substantive patent issues, like questions involving anticipation under 35 U.S.C. §102, obviousness under 35...
TechPat: Former Uber Self-Driving Leader Indicted for Trade Secrets Theft
The United States Attorney’s office in San Jose, California, recently indicted Uber Technologies, Inc.’s former autonomous driving car guru, Anthony Levandowski, with thirty-three counts of trade...
Constitution Day
Today is Constitution Day. On this day, September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed thirty-nine Founding Fathers, ushering the birth of the United States. Several clauses in the...
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