No. 24-866

Converter Manufacturing, LLC v. Tekni-Plex, Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: administrative-law burden-of-proof patent-enablement patent-validity prior-art statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-05-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the patent challenger always has
the burden of proving that the disclosures in an
asserted prior art patent or printed publication
are enabling of the claimed subject matter under
Sections 102 and 103 of the Patent Act.

2. Whether the standard for proving a prior art
patent or printed publication enables claimed
subject matter under Sections 102 and 103 of the
Patent Act is the one set forth in this Court's
holding in Seymour v. Osbourn, 11 Wall. 516, 555
(1870).

3. Whether this Court's Loper Light
Enterprises v. Raimondo decision prohibits the
Federal Circuit from deferring to the USPTO's
interpretation of the law of prior art enablement
by silently adopting that interpretation using Fed.
R. App. P. 36.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the patent challenger bears the burden of proving enablement of prior art under Sections 102 and 103 of the Patent Act

Docket Entries

2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-04-30
Reply of Converter Manufacturing, LLC submitted.
2025-04-30
2025-04-16
Brief of Tekni-Plex, Inc. in opposition submitted.
2025-04-16
2025-03-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 16, 2025.
2025-03-03
Motion of Tekni-Plex, Inc. for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 17, 2025 to April 16, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Converter Manufacturing, LLC
Joseph A. FarcoNorris McLaughlin, P.A., Petitioner
Tekni-Plex, Inc.
Diane Siegel DanoffDechert LLP, Respondent