No. 23-185

HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 35-usc-116 conception-standard federal-circuit federal-circuit-interpretation joint-invention joint-inventorship patent patent-claim patent-inventorship patent-specification statutory-construction
Latest Conference: 2023-11-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether joint inventorship requires anything more than a contribution to conception that is stated in a patent claim.

2. Whether, under Section 116(a), a claimed and enabled contribution to conception can be deemed insignificant in quality based on the quantity of disclosure in the specification.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether joint inventorship requires anything more than a contribution to conception that is stated in a patent claim

Docket Entries

2023-11-06
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/3/2023.
2023-10-13
Reply of petitioner HIP, Inc. filed.
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2023-09-28
Brief of respondent Hormel Food Corporation in opposition filed.
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2023-08-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2023)
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Attorneys

HIP, Inc.
Jerry Robin Selinger — Patterson & Sheridan, LLP, Petitioner
Hormel Food Corporation
Kurt John Niederluecke — Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Respondent