Author Archives: Warren Woessner

Biogen v. Mylan: When Does a Specification Fail to Describe a Newly-Presented Claim?

The disclosure requirements that will meet the written description requirement of s. 112(1) had a fairly mundane priority policing role prior to the expansion of the importance of the requirement in the biotech cases leading up to the en banc … Continue reading

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Illumina v. Ariosa – Fed. Cir. Splits a Fine s. 101 Hair

Until I read that another commentator wrote that the split panel decision in Illumina v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Appeal No. 2019-1419 (Fed. Cir., March 17, 2020) struck a hopeful note in the patent eligibility wars, I confess that I had missed … Continue reading

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G S Cleantech Petitions Fed. Cir. for Rehearing En Banc

Before you read this post, please read or re-read my post of March 9, 2020, that summarized the panel decision in some detail. The case involves the district court’s finding of inequitable conduct by both CleanTech and their attorneys via … Continue reading

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Patenting Vaccines – A Look Back and the Road Ahead

On May 21 at 11 a.m. Central, four senior members of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner’s Chem/Biotech Group will present a new webinar. Drs. Warren D. Woessner, Janet E. Embretson, Monique Perdok and Robin A. Chadwick will review patenting opportunities and … Continue reading

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