UNIVERSITY OF FL RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., decided Feb. 26, 2019, Statutory Subject Matter
U.S. Patent No. 7,062,251 is directed to integrating physiologic data from a bedside machine (pages 5-6). Claim 1 recites receiving data from machines, converting the data from the machine format to into a machine independent format at a remote location, processing, and presenting results on a bedside graphical user interface (page 6). The specification characterizes […]
CONTINENTAL CIRCUITS LLC v. INTEL CORP., decided Feb. 8, 2019, Claim Interpretation
U.S. Patent Nos. 7,501,582; 8,278,560; 8,581,105; and 9,374,912 are directed to multilayer electrical devices having a tooth structure (pages 2-3). The specification emphasized using a repeated desmear process, distinguishing from prior art use of one desmear process, to form the tooth structure (pages 3-4). Limitations for “surface,” “removal,” or “etching” do not require the repeated […]
ATHENA DIAGNOSTICS v. MAYO COLLABORATIVE SERVICES, decided Feb. 6, 2019, Stutory Sujbect Matter
U.S. Patent No. 7,267,820 is directed to diagnosing neurological disorders. The claims are directed to detecting an epitope of MuSK with a label in bodily fluid including contacting MuSK with bodily fluid, immunoprecipitating MuSK complex, and monitoring for the label where the label indicates disorder (pages 4-5). Adding conventional steps to a law of nature […]
DUNCAN PARKING TECHNOLOGIES v. IPS GROUP, INC., decided January 31, 2019, Anticipation based on Inventorship and Infringement
U.S. Patent Nos. 8,595,054 and 7,854,310 are directed to credit-card enabled, solar-powered, single-space parking meters (pages 5-8). The ‘054 patent names King and Schwarz as inventors, and the ‘310 patent names King, not Schwarz, as an inventor (pages 5 and 7). The ‘054 patent anticipates the ‘310 patent as the ‘054 patent is by another […]
BARRY v. MEDTRONIC, INC., decided January 24, 2019, Public Use and On-Sale Bars
U.S. Patent Nos. 7,670,358 and 8,361,121 are directed to correction of spinal column anomalies (page 3). By July 2003, the inventor had a working tool, using the tool in August and October 2003 (pages 7-8). By January 2004, the inventor believed that the tool worked as intended (page 8). An abstract was submitted on February […]
REALTIME DATA, LLC v. IANCU, decided Jan. 10, 2019, Novelty
U.S. Patent No. 6,597,812 is directed to lossless compression and decompression with dictionary encoding (page 2). The claim recites “maintaining a dictionary” (pages 3 and 11). The dispute is over whether the maintaining requires retaining during the entirety of data compression unless and until the number of entries exceeds a threshold (page 11). The creation […]
IN RE: MARCO GULDENAAR HOLDING B.V., decided Dec. 28, 2018, Patentable Subject Matter
U.S. Application No. 13/078,196 is directed to dice with particular markings and rules for use (pages 2-3). A wagering game based on a deck of cards is abstract, so basing the probabilities on dice instead of cards does not change that claims are directed to an abstract idea (pages 4-5). For an inventive concept sufficient […]
ENPLAS DISPLAY DEVICE CORP. v. SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., decided November 19, 2018, Claim Interpretation
U.S. Patent Nos. 6,007,209 and 6,473,554 are directed to uniform backlighting LED panels (pages 2-3). “Emitted by plural lights sources mounted on said internal bottom wall” is required by claim 20 of the ‘209 patent (page 9). The prior art does not mount light sources on the bottom (page 9). A witness suggested modification to […]
HAMILTON BEACH BRANDS, INC. v. F’REAL FOODS, LLC, decided November 16, 2018, Claim Interpretation
U.S. Patent No. 7,520,662 is directed to a rinseable splash shield (page 2). The method claim recites a “nozzle oriented towards the splash shield” and uses “positionable” for other objects (page 17). Limitations were not read in from the specification as the claim itself as the claim recites orientation of the nozzle as part of […]
ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INV. v. HTC AMERICA, INC., decided Nov. 16, 2018, Statutory Subject Matter
U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 is directed to restricting software operation using a key code for the computer and a license record for the application (pages 2-3). The improvement is in storing the license record as part of the BIOS memory (pages 3-4). The USPTO appeal board declined to review as the claims are a technical […]