A fascinating ruling dealing with design patents, amendments made during prosecution, and limitations on claim scope was handed down by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 12, 2019 in Curver Luxembourg, Sarl v. Home Expressions Inc..[1] Curver is an important piece in an otherwise scant design patent case law. Curver Luxembourg …
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CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,376,551 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,376,551 B2 (‘551) issued on August 13, 2019, for “Method for Conducing Concentrated Cannabis Oil to be Stable, Emulsifiable and Flavorlesss for Use in Hot Beverages and Resulting Powderized Cannabis Oil.” It was issued to inventors Ross Franklin of Rancho Cucamonga, California, Ed Rosenthal of Oakland, California, and Rachel Franklin of Rancho …
U.S. Patent No. 10,346,782 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,346,782 B2 (‘782), issued on July 9, 2019, for “Adaptive Augmented Decision Engine.” The inventor is Steven C. Tiell of San Francisco, California. The applicant and assignee is Accenture Global Solutions Ltd. of Dublin, Ireland. The claims are directed to the computer-implemented method of utilizing artificial intelligence for adaptive decision-making, or reduced …
Limitations on State Sovereign Immunity on Venue
The issue of sovereign immunity has been raised several times in recent memory at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharms., Inc.,[1] (discussed on the blog here), and Regents of the Univ. of Minn. v. LSI Corp.,[2] (discussed here). Board of Regents of the Univ. of …
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,313,638 B1: Halloween Edition
Halloween will be commemorated by a review of a creepy patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,313,638 B1 (‘638) issued on June 4, 2019, for “Image Creation Using Geo-Fence Data.” The inventors are Kalidas Yeturu of Chennai, India, and Howard Lee Huddleston, Jr., of Seattle, Washington. The applicant/assignee is Amazon Technologies, Inc., the e-commerce giant. Figure 1 …
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,334,796 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,334,796 B1 issued on July 2, 2019, for “Methods and Systems of Cultivation,” to inventors Eric Speidell and Kyle Speidel of Denver, Colorado. The applicant/assignee is MJ Brain Bank, LLC, of Denver, Colorado. Figure 2 illustrates the basic algorithm of the claimed invention: This is a utility patent, specified in 35 …
PlantIP: PVPs for Hemp Currently Processed by PVPO
Patent, copyright, and trademark are the three most common and well-known IPs. However, there are many other IPs. Three types of IPs protecting new plant varieties, or plant breeder’s rights, are utility patents, plant patents under 35 U.S.C. §161, and plant variety protection certificates under 7 U.S.C. §2321. Utility patents are issued for new plant …
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 Birch Hills, Canada. The applicantassignee is Canopy Growth Corporation, of Smith Falls, Canada. The specification discloses several embodiments focused around treatment of anxiety …
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.,[1] that Chamberlain’s U.S. Patent No. 7,224,275 (‘275) directed to wireless communications technology for operating a movable barrier (i.e., garage door opener) was patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101. The ‘275 patent is …
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 order to develop a standardized system of terms and definitions for the CRISPR research community. This is the first time the NIST has made overtures to develop a …