Author Archives: Warren Woessner

Fed. Cir. Tees Off On Board's Evidence of Timing of Publication

ln re Lister, appeal no. 2009-1060 (Fed. Cir, Sept. 22, 2009) (link at bottom) the panel found that a manuscript by the inventor, “Advanced Handicap Alternatives for Golf” which he had sent into the Copyright Office some time prior to … Continue reading

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Director Kappos Speaks Out On The State Of The Patent Office

On September 15, 2009, Director David Kappos spoke at the National IPO Meeting in Chicago. (A link to the text is found below). I got calls almost immediately about various aspects of his comments. Like the blind folks trying to … Continue reading

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Federal Circuit Reverses District Court in Prometheus v. Mayo

On September 16, 2009, the Federal Circuit reversed the holding of the district court that a process for monitoring and adjusting a method of medical treatment was unpatentable as attempting to claim non-statutory subject matter (Prometheus Labs., Inc. v. Mayo … Continue reading

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Federal Circuit Reverses District Court's Finding that Generic Eloxatins do not Infringe Sanofi's Patent

In my June 22, 2009 post, I discussed the district court decision that found a claim to optically-pure oxaliplatin (U.S. Pat. No 5,338,874) not infringed by defendants who made it by processes other than the HPLC process disclosed in the … Continue reading

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