1Q 2009 Report

P =Patent owner prevailed on the issue
 I =Accused infringer prevailed on the issue

[Bracketed numerals following the number of decisions identify the supporting cases as they appear in the Cumulative Case List. Parentheses following a case number indicate that the case involved decision of that issue for more than one patent.]

                                               Cumulative Case List

 

Issue Code Description Results
  Validity decisions  
01 § 102(a) -- earlier public knowledge or publication P: 9 [1446;1445;1439(3); 1443; 1453; 1469(2)]
I: 4 [1439(2); 1443; 1469]
02 § 102(b) -- time-bar publication or patent

P: 1 [1446; 1483]
I: 5 [1462(2); 1477; 1480; 1485]
03 § 102(b) -- public use P:  
I: 1 [1444]
04 § 102(b) -- on sale P:
I: 4 [1422; 1429; 1474; 1480]
05 § 102(c) -- abandonment P:
I:  
06 § 102(d) -- prior foreign patenting P:
I:
07 § 102(e) -- earlier-filed US patent of another P:
I:
08 § 102(f) -- derived subject matter; wrong inventorship P: 1 [1483]
I:
09 § 102(g) -- prior invention by another (novelty) P: 1 [ 1490]
I: 1 [1477]
10 § 103 -- obviousness P: 8 [1426; 1461; 1445; 1423; 1454; 1463; 1483; 1453]
I: 22 [1442; 1446; 1479; 1450(3); 1484; 1494(3); 1431(2); 1440(3); 1462(2); 1477; 1480; 1438; 1476; 1434]
11 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --description P: 3 [1453; 1469(2)]
I:  4 [1446; 1457(2); 1429]
12 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --enablement P:  
I: 2 [1423; 1429]
13 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --best mode P:  1 [1445]
I:  
14 § 112 -- claim indefinite P: 5 [1461; 1451; 1453; 1469(2)]
I:  1 [1446]
15 Double patenting P:
I:
16 Improper broadening P:
I: 1 [1487]
  Enforceability decisions  
17 Inequitable conduct P:  4 [1430(2); 1478; 1479]
I: 2 [1452; 1429]
18 Misuse P: 1 [1436]
I:
  Procedural defenses  
19 Laches P: 
I: 2 [1475(2)]
20 Equitable estoppel P:  1 [1486]
I:
21 Limitations P:
I:
22 Failure to mark P: 3 [1451(3)]
I: 2 [1427; 1456]
  Infringement issues  
23 Literal direct infringement P: 17 [1446(2); 1493; 1465; 1495; 1421; 1451; 1454; 1448; 1453; 1459; 1470(2); 1472; 1478; 1486; 1473]
I: 30 [1426; 1446; 1461; 1445; 1457(4); 1488; 1492; 1495; 1494(2); 1423; 1467; 1454; 1422(2); 1424; 1428(2); 1429; 1440(3); 1443; 1456; 1468; 1482; 1484]
24 Doctrine of equivalents direct infringement P: 1 [1451]
I: 3 [1467; 1424; 1482]
25 Inducing infringement P: 3 [1493; 1470(2)]
I: 1 [1476]
26 Contributory infringement P: 1 [1493]
I: 1 [1476]
27 Selling or importing product of patented process P:
I: 1 [1478]
28 Shipping abroad § 271(f) or (g) P: 1 [1478]
I: 1 [1478]
29 License defense P:
I: 2 [1469; 1475]
30 Exhaustion defense P:  1 [1436]
I: 6 [1466(4); 1475(2)]
31 Exemption under § 271(e) P:
I:
32 Exemption for other experiments P:
I:
  Damages calculations  
33 Lost profits P: 4 [1435; 1451(3)]
I:
34 Reasonable royalty P: 7 [1437; 1460; 1472; 1435; 1451(2); 1455]
I: 1 [1447]
35 Split bases P:
I:
  Special factors  
36 Willfulness P:  5 [1464; 1451(3)]
I: 2 [1441; 1476]
37 Enhanced damages due to willfulness P: 4 [1460; 1472; 1489; 1463]
I:  1 [1451]
38 Attorney fees to patentee P: 4 [1451; 1460; 1472; 1489]
I: 2 [1425; 1455]
39 Attorney fees to accused infringer P: 1 [1479]
I: 5 [1449; 1457; 1491; 1479; 1458]
40 Preliminary injunction ruling P: 1 [1460]
I: 3 [1432; 1455; 1481]