Medical diagnostics patents involving a certain lab testing company named Mayo took a hit when those patents were deemed invalid under 35 U.S.C. §101. No, it’s not that Mayo case,[1] but the one in which the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently decided on February 6, 2019, Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative …
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TechPat: U.S. Patent No. D835,596 S: MWC Edition
Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona, Spain, on February 25-28, 2019. To commemorate the mobile industry’s largest trade show, this blog will showcase various recently issued U.S. patents related to mobile technology. U.S. Patent No. D835,596 S (‘596) issued on December 11, 2018, for “Mobile Phone.” It was issued to inventors Minsu Cho and Beyoung …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. D834,588 S: MWC Edition
Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona, Spain, on February 25-28, 2019. To commemorate the mobile industry’s largest trade show, this blog will showcase various recently issued U.S. patents related to mobile technology. U.S. Patent No. D834,588 S (‘588) issued on November 27, 2018, for “Display Screen with Graphical User Interface for a Prompt Animation.” It …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,039,740 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,039,740 B2 (‘740) issued on August 7, 2018, for “Therapeutic Combinations of Sesquiterpenes and Flavonoids.” It was issued to inventor Masayoshi Yamaguchi of Shizuoka, Japan. The applicant/assignee is Primus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona, a pharmaceutical company which focuses on nutrition-based drug research. The ‘740 claims are directed to a composition of …
PlantIP: U.S. Patent No. PP29,981 P2
U.S. Patent No. PP29,981 P2 (‘981) issued on December 11, 2018, for “Heuchera Plant Named “Orange Dream’.” It was issued to inventor/applicant Thierry Delabroye of Hantay, France. The assignee is Sandrine Delabroye, of Hantay, France. This patent is a plant patent under 35 U.S.C. §161, which protects new and distinct cultivars of plants. According to …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,123,538 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,123,538 B2 (‘538), issued on November 13, 2018, for “Glyphosate Salt Herbicidal Composition.” The inventors are David R. Eaton of Kirkwood, Missouri, Jeffrey A. Graham of Chesterfield, Missouri, and Henry Agbaje of Greensboro, North Carolina. The applicant and assignee is Monsanto Technology LLC of St. Louis, Missouri, the huge agro- biotech company …
PlantIP: U.S. Patent No. PP29,967 P2
U.S. Patent No. PP29,967 P2 (‘967) issued on December 11, 2018, for “Strawberry Plant Named ‘Malibu’.” It was issued to inventor/applicant John Larse of Watsonville, California. The assignee is Sweet Darling Sales, Inc., of Aptos, California, a subsidiary of Larse Farms, Inc., a strawberry farm and producer. This patent is a plant patent under 35 …
Fed Circuit Watch: Single Reference Obviousness Finding Does Not Require Motivation to Combine
Two cases decided recently by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit discuss the oft-problematic area of 35 U.S.C. §103, or the nonobviousness requirement. This is the second case, Realtime Data, LLC v. Iancu,[1] decided January 10, 2019. Realtime Data, LLC, owns U.S. Patent No. 6,597,812 (‘812), directed to system and method of providing …
SCOTUS Watch: On-Sale Bar Still Valid Under AIA
On January 22, 2019, the United States Supreme Court handed down a highly anticipated ruling that has caused measurable discrepancies amongst the patent community after the America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted. That ruling, Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc.,[1] held that the on-sale bar applies to confidential sales more than one year …
Fed Circuit Watch: No Error in Reconsideration of Non-Instituted Ground of Unpatentability
Two cases decided recently by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit discuss the oft-problematic area of 35 U.S.C. §103, or the nonobviousness requirement. AC Technologies S.A. v. Amazon.com, Inc.,[1] decided on January 9, 2019, is the first case. AC Technologies S.A. owns U.S. Patent No. 7,904,680 (‘680), directed to data access management, in …