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Ariosa v. Sequenom – Novel Genetic Analysis Fails The Mayo Test

Today, the Fed. Cir. affirmed the district court’s holding that the method for detecting paternally inherited nucleic acid of fetal origin in a sample of the mother’s blood was a patent-ineligible natural phenomenon. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v Sequenom, Inc., Appeal … Continue reading

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Product-by-process claims are product claims

This is being published with the permission of Kawaguti & Partners.    K&P’s Court Decision Report in 2015 <<<Special News Flash>>>   Supreme Court Overturns Grand Panel’s Decision of IPHC and Admits that “Product-by Process” Claim should Cover Same Products … Continue reading

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Allvoice Decision Provides Roadmap For Software-based Inventions

Guest post from Greg Stark, attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. In a refreshing break from Alice/Mayo abstract idea based 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejections, the Federal Circuit released a decision invalidating certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,799,273 as … Continue reading

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FDA Finalizes Biosimilar Guidance

The Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS) has posted an informative article “After Three-Year Delay, FDA Finalizes Guidance Documents on Biosimilarity.”  The article includes links to the final guidance documents. You can find the article here.

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