... Pfizer that our precedent recognizes a written description requirement and that the '850 patent does not satisfy that requirement.To show the presence of an independent written description requirement, the ... to practice the claimed method of treatment." (...) it is undisputed that the '850 patent does not disclose any compounds that can be used in its claimed methods. The CAFC cited a portion of ...

... after the patent has issued." Id. at 960; see also id. ("Imperfection in patent examination, whether by the examiner or the applicant does not create a new defense called 'prosecution irregularities' ... Cir. 2002).] during prosecution, such as the one at issue here, to provide a basis for invalidity. Once a patent has issued, the procedural minutiae of prosecution have little relevance to the metes ...

... " test as a "second and free-standing requirement for design patent infringement," finding it inconsistent with the Supreme Court's ... trial courts should conduct claim construction in design patent cases, the court pointed out that although it has held that trial courts ... a duty to conduct claim construction in design patent cases," it has not prescribed any particular form for that claim construction. ...

Wow. Mike Masnick writes about NASA's plan to auction off some of its patent portfolio to the private sector. When I read this I had to do a double-take: NASA has a patent portfolio? This is absurd. The purpose of patent law is to promote the progress of the useful arts by giving inventors an incentive [...]

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... other patent related legal proceedings or help with other matters as long as these are authorized in their area. A patent lawyer will be able to handle a license and make a contract recounting a patent only ... a science field like physics, engineering, or even chemistry. A person who activates as a patent lawyer has to gather information and keep their knowledge regarding intellectual property up to ...