Articles written by Anna M. Budde
Providing Support for Generous Construction of a Claimed Range
Lexion Medical, LLC v. Northgate Technologies, Inc., 2009-1494 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 22, 2011). Writing for the court, Chief Judge Rader handed patent prosecutors
Federal Circuit Overturns Precedential BPAI Opinion, Allows Reissue Only to Add Dependent Claims
In re Tanaka, 2010-1262 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 15, 2011). In a battle the court joins in footnotes, adopting its own dicta, and rejecting relevance of a Supreme
Bilski’s Claims Unpatentable Abstract Ideas; Machine-or-Transformation a Useful, Not Exclusive Test for Patentable Subject Matter
Bilski v. Kappos, No. 08-964 (S. Ct. June 28, 2010). On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited (oral arguments were November 9, 2009)
A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
A comparison of two recent Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”) decisions demonstrates the difficulty of establishing nonobviousness,