U.S. Patent Nos. 8,232,250, 8,399,413, and 8,969,302 are directed to higher dose (40mg v. 20mg) and less frequent injection (3 days a week v. daily) of a drug for multiple sclerosis (pages 3-4).  Prior art is 20 mg daily based on a clinical trial without an optimal dose finding study, but with a note to […]

U.S. Patent Nos. 5,590,259; 5,784,545; 6,282,551; and 5,303,146 are directed to a user interface with notebook tabs to navigate spreadsheets and other spreadsheet functionality (pages 2-3).  When filed, spreadsheets used complex commands in complex menus or memorization to navigate (pages 3-4).  The “tab” implementation was acclaimed at the time (pages 5-6).  Claim 12 of the […]

U.S. Patent No. 8,067,381 is based on a chain of eight US applications – the patent at issue is from the eighth application (page 2).  The cross-reference in the CIP fifth application was amended to delete reference to the first through fourth applications, resulting in claiming priority to just a provisional application filed after the […]

U.S. Patent No. 5,781,752 is directed predicting data dependency is executing programs out of order (pages 2-4).  Historical mis-predictions inform future predictions (page 6).  The accused devices predict in a way that multiple instructions may update a same prediction (page 7).  Claim 1 requires a predictor that “produces a prediction associated with the particular instruction” […]