NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG v. INSTRADENT USA, INC., decided September 13, 2018, claim interpretation and publication

U.S. Patent No. 8,714,977 is directed to dental implants with a frustoconical shape where a diameter of an apical end is larger than a diameter of a coronal end (pages 2-3).  The prior art is a catalog, which was publicly accessible by being available as evidenced by a visitor at a conference having saved a […]

PARKERVISION, INC., v. QUALCOOMM INC., decided September 13, 2018, claim interpretation

U.S. Patent No. 6,091,940 is directed to frequency up-conversion where harmonics due to amplitude modulation are filtered (pages 3-5).  The apparatus claim recites the capability to generate integer harmonics, and the prior art has that capability even if not done (pages 9-10).  The claim recites a switch module to receive an oscillation signal where the […]