Author Archives: Warren Woessner

Patents4Life is Four Years Old

On March 24th, Patents4Life forgot to celebrate its 4th anniversary. On March 24, 2009, I started the blog (or is it “blawg”) by posting three articles on fairly recent Fed. Cir. decisions. One of the articles discussed the application of … Continue reading

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In Re Hubbell

Guest post by Theresa Stadheim of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner) In In Re Jeffrey Hubbell, Jason Schense, Andreas Zisch, and Heike Hall, Appeal No. 2011-1547 (Fed. Cir. March 7, 2013) (a copy can be found at the end of this post), … Continue reading

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Federal Circuit Will Review Cybor Decision En Banc

On March 15th, in a long-awaited ruling, the Fed. Cir. vacated a panel holding reversing a lower court’s finding that disputed means-plus-function claims met the written description requirement. The Fed. Cir. asked the parties and amici (and there will be … Continue reading

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UK National Stem Cell Network Report – The Patent Watch Landscape

If you have either a passing or passionate interest in stem cell patenting, this report is worth some of your time. (A link to the report can be found at the end of this post.) The report analyzes the stem … Continue reading

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