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EKO BRANDS, LLC v. ADRIAN RIVERA MAYNEZ ENTERS., decided January 13, 2020, Claim Interpretation

CHARGEPOINT, INC. v. SEMACONNECT, INC., decided March 28, 2019, Statutory Subject Matter

U.S. Patent Nos. 8,138,715, 8,432,131, 8,450,967, and 7,956,570 are directed to networked charging stations for electric vehicles (pages 2-5).  For step one in patent eligibility consideration, communicating requests to a remote server and receiving a response is an abstract idea (page 9).  The claim must be directed to that abstract idea to be abstract (page […]

SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO. v. EMCURE PHARMA, 17-1798, 17-1799, 17-1800, decided April 16, 2018

U.S. Patent No. 5,532,372, directed to imide compounds. The claim recited a molecular structure argued to be a racemic mixture (50-50) of two enantiomers based on similarity to a compound in the specification (page 6).  The plain claim language and specification indicate that the claim at least covers the (-)enantiomer (pages 7-8).  The specification does […]