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Category Archives: Written Description Requirements (WDR)
Indivior v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory – Homeless on the Range
In Indivior v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory (“DRL”), Appeal nos. 2020-2073, -2142 (Fed. Cir., November 24, 2021) a split panel (Lourie [writing] and Dyk, with Linn concurring in part and dissenting in part) affirmed a Board decision that claims 1-5 and … Continue reading
Biogen v. Mylan: When Does a Specification Fail to Describe a Newly-Presented Claim?
The disclosure requirements that will meet the written description requirement of s. 112(1) had a fairly mundane priority policing role prior to the expansion of the importance of the requirement in the biotech cases leading up to the en banc … Continue reading
Nalproprion v. Actavis: WDR met by Substantially Equivalent Claim Elements(?)
In Nalproprion v Actavis, App. No. 2018-1221 (Fed. Cir., August 15, 2019) a divided panel of Judges Prost, Lourie and Wallach – Prost dissenting – affirmed the district court’s ruling that claim 11 of U.S. Pat. No. 8,916,195 met the … Continue reading
Amgen v. Sanofi – Invalidation Without Representation?
The End of the “Newly Characterized Antigen” Rule for Antibody Claims In Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal no. 2017-1480 (Fed. Cir., Oct. 5, 2017) the Fed. Cir. panel reversed the district court’s finding that Amgen antibody patents 8,289,165 and 8859741 … Continue reading