Patent Happenings – February 2009

February 1st, 2009

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  • Federal Circuit raises questions as to patent eligibility under § 101 of systems carrying out patent ineligible processes
  • Providing information to patient on how a drug product worked did not claim patentable subject matter
  • Four obviousness rulings from the Federal Circuit
  • Statements made at oral hearing before BPAI held to create a disavowal of claim scope
  • Use of “i.e.” in specification, rather than “e.g.” limited claim scope
  • Alleged false marking of over 15,000 products was only a single offense
  • Patents held unenforceable against accused infringer based on pre-suit destruction of documents

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