Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter

In re Cuozzo – Still no changes for the claim interpretation standard during inter partes review proceedings

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Warren Woessner

A guest post from Theresa Stadheim, attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. In In re: Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, Appeal No. 2014-1301 (Fed. Cir. July 8, 2015, decision by Dyk), the Federal Circuit decided not to review the Patent Trial … Continue reading →

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“If Wishes Were Horses” – Roberts’ Dissent from Myriad

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Warren Woessner

After reading Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S.___(2015), (a copy is found at the end of this post) I was struck by Justice Robert’s dissent – which excoriates the majority for legislating from the bench and basing its opinion on “social … Continue reading →

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Ariosa v. Sequenom – Novel Genetic Analysis Fails The Mayo Test

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Today, the Fed. Cir. affirmed the district court’s holding that the method for detecting paternally inherited nucleic acid of fetal origin in a sample of the mother’s blood was a patent-ineligible natural phenomenon. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v Sequenom, Inc., Appeal … Continue reading →

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Product-by-process claims are product claims

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Warren Woessner

This is being published with the permission of Kawaguti & Partners.    K&P’s Court Decision Report in 2015 <<<Special News Flash>>>   Supreme Court Overturns Grand Panel’s Decision of IPHC and Admits that “Product-by Process” Claim should Cover Same Products … Continue reading →

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