invention
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-919 | Stephen Thaler v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. | Federal Circuit | 2023-03-21 | Denied | Amici (3)Response Waived | artificial-intelligence innovation-rights invention inventor inventor-definition patent patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation | Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term "inventor" to human beings alone? |
| 22-544 | Innovation Sciences, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. | Federal Circuit | 2022-12-14 | Denied | Response Waived | 35-usc-102 anticipation anticipatory-reference clear-and-convincing clear-and-convincing-evidence invention patent patent-infringement patent-invalidity prior-art | In Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. v. Beat 'Em All Barbed-Wire Co., 143 U.S. 275 (1892) (also known as "Barbed Wire Patent"), the Court found the burden to e… |
| 20-7267 | Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-03-01 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | 35-usc-112 court-of-appeals enablement invention patent prior-art | whether thE couat of Arpeal G-) Follew stventh circuit oF constitutional 1bf42ubpend u42ow 4420m Lo4310n Li29 2r6y 452 beFore +yb2 te notice A deal wi… |
| 20-1110 | Sandoz Inc., et al. v. Immunex Corporation, et al. | Federal Circuit | 2021-02-12 | Denied | Amici (1) | biosimilar-product double-patenting exclusivity federal-circuit invention obviousness obviousness-type-double-patenting patent patent-exclusivity patent-ownership substantial-rights | Under federal patent law, a patent owner may receive only one period of exclusivity for its invention and may not obtain a second patent on the same i… |
| 18-823 | ZUP, LLC v. Nash Manufacturing, Inc. | Federal Circuit | 2018-12-28 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | invention invention-evaluation legal-analysis long-felt-need non-obviousness obviousness obviousness-standard patent patent-invalidity patent-law prima-facie prior-art rebuttal secondary-considerations | Whether evidence of "secondary considerations" (e.g., a long-felt, but unresolved, need for the patented invention) is less important, functioning at … |