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3 days agoCAFC Affirms Obviousness of Vehicle ID Claims, Finds Substitute Claims Ineligible Under Section 101
CAFC affirmed PTAB that Rideshare's vehicle-identification claims were obvious and held substitute claims not patent-eligible under Alice Step Two for lacking a technological solution.
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3 months agoFederal Circuit Upholds PTAB Decision Invalidating Agilent's CRISPR Patents
The Federal Circuit clarified that only one operable embodiment is necessary for anticipation under § 102, contrasting it with the full enablement under § 112.
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1 week agoUltra Vires or Policy Discretion? Federal Circuit Now Weighing 5x Discretionary Denial Mandamus
Two additional mandamus petitions have joined the Federal Circuit's growing docket challenging the USPTO's 2025 shift toward more restrictive inter partes review (IPR) institution practices under President Trump, bringing the total to five pending cases that collectively test the boundaries of appellate review under 35 U.S.C. § 314(d). The newest petitions are In re HighLevel, Inc. (No. 25-148) and In re SanDisk Technologies, Inc. (No. 25-152).
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1 week agoLynk Labs' SCOTUS Petition Challenges CAFC's Bifurcated Approach to U.S. Patent Applications as IPR Prior Art
Federal Circuit treated an earlier-filed U.S. patent application as a printed publication in a PTAB IPR obviousness finding despite its publication after the critical date.
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3 weeks agoPTAB Again Upholds the Heavily Litigated Neo Wireless Patent: What the Latest Decisions Mean for Automakers
PTAB upheld Neo Wireless U.S. Patent No. 10,447,450, rejecting major automakers' IPR challenges and reinforcing PTAB claim construction and evidentiary standards.
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2 months agoSnap, Meta and X Defeat Xerox's Appeal of PTAB Unpatentability Ruling at CAFC
"If Xerox wanted its more limited construction, it should have written the claims as it did in the substitute claim," said the CAFC.
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5 months agoFederal Circuit Reverses PTAB Win for Apple, Finding Board Erred in Its Applicant-Admitted Prior Art Analysis
CAFC reversed PTAB ruling, stating AAPA cannot be solely used as a basis in determining patent unpatentability.
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