What had opened with a promise of clarity for patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101 took a detour with the ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc., decision issued on March 28 2019,...
The third treatment method case in the last year that was challenged as patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101 has been found eligible by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,...
Arctic Cat Inc. has been involved in a few patent-related cases in recent years, including one case from 2018 which we discussed on this blog dealing with the law of obviousness’s motivation to...
U.S. Patent No. 10,206,963 B2 (‘963) issued on January 15, 2019, for “Topical Medicinal Gel.” It was issued to applicants/inventors Joan McMahon of Midland, Michigan and Stephanie House of Merrill,...
U.S. Patent No. D842,331 S (‘331) issued on March 5, 2019, for “Display Screen or Portion Thereof with Animated Graphical User Interface.” It was issued to inventors Jisi Guo, Eli Guerron, Craig...
U.S. Patent No. PP30,260 P3 (‘260) issued on March 5, 2019, for “Apple Tree Named ‘Xeleven’.” It was issued to inventor Jean-Luc Carrieres of Bolazano, Italy. The applicant/assignee is Red Moon of...
An earlier posting on this blog discussed the recent issuance of a U.C.-researched CRISPR patent. Today’s posting discusses a competing team’s recent issuance of another CRISPR patent. U.S. Patent...
U.S. Patent No. D841,260 S1 (‘260) issued on February 19, 2019, for “Cotton Seed Feeder.” It was issued to inventor/applicant Percy English of El Campo, Texas. This patent is a design patent under...
On April 17, 2019, Judge William J. Martinez denied an early motion for partial summary judgment for invalidity based patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101, in the first federal...
On March 20, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., in which claims directed to network intrusion were found patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C....