1Q 2010 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 [1833; 1835(2); 1842; 1854; 1874(2); 1780(2)]
I: 2 [1780; 1797]
02 § 102(b) -- time-bar publication or patent

P: 2 [1784; 1795]
I: 1 [1886]
03 § 102(b) -- public use P:  2 [1794; 1853]
I:
04 § 102(b) -- on sale P: 4 [1786; 1791; 1835(2)]
I: 3 [1785; 1783(2)]
05 § 102(c) -- abandonment P:
I:  
06 § 102(d) -- prior foreign patenting P:
I:
07 § 102(e) -- earlier-filed US patent of another P: 4 [1816(3); 1835]
I:
08 § 102(f) -- derived subject matter; wrong inventorship P: 3 [1835; 1833; 1853]
I:
09 § 102(g) -- prior invention by another (novelty) P:
I:
10 § 103 -- obviousness P: 13 [1779; 1781; 1835(4); 1847; 1859; 1874(2); 1875; 1842; 1792]
I: 8 [1790; 1793(2); 1979; 1798; 1802; 1876; 1787]
11 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --description P: 5 [1816; 1833; 1842; 1854; 1792]
I:  5 [1783; 1857(4)]
12 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --enablement P:  3 [1842; 1874(2)]
I: 3 [1857(3)]
13 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --best mode P:  
I:  4 [1851(2); 1788(2)]
14 § 112 -- claim indefinite P: 11 [1791; 1792; 1835; 1857(4); 1861; 1780(3)]
I:  3 [1788; 1839; 1851]
15 Double patenting P: 2 [1816(2)]
I:
16 Improper broadening P:
I:
  Enforceability decisions  
17 Inequitable conduct P: 6 [1793(2); 1794; 1813; 1814; 1864]
I: 7 [1797; 1847; 1856; 1860(3); 1788]
18 Misuse P  1 [1813]
I:
  Procedural defenses  
19 Laches P: 
I: 1 [1862]
20 Equitable estoppel P: 1 [1853]
I: 1 [1797]
21 Limitations P:
I:
22 Failure to mark P:
I:
  Infringement issues  
23 Literal direct infringement P: 16 [1786; 1789; 1795; 1885; 1801(2); 1818; 1827; 1835(4); 1854; 1874; 1876; 1877]
I: 51 [1780; 1791; 1795; 1797(3); 1799; 1800; 1882(2); 1884; 1802; 1805; 1806; 1807; 1820; 1821(2); 1822; 1824; 1825(2); 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830; 1832; 1833(3); 1834; 1836(2); 1840; 1842; 1843(2); 1844; 1845; 1848; 1866(5); 1868; 1869; 1873(2); 1881; 1782]
24 Doctrine of equivalents direct infringement P: 3 [1801(2); 1827]
I: 26 [1791; 1800; 1805; 1812; 1821(2); 1822; 1824; 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830; 1834; 1836(2); 1848; 1855; 1866(5); 1867; 1881(2); 1782]
25 Inducing infringement P: 6 [1786; 1796; 1835(4)]
I: 2 [1804; 1868]
26 Contributory infringement P: 4 [1786; 1819(3)]
I: 1 [1868]
27 Selling or importing product of patented process P:
I: 1 [1804]
28 Shipping abroad § 271(f) or (g) P:
I:
29 License defense P:
I:
30 Exhaustion defense P:  
I:
31 Exemption under § 271(e) P:
I:
32 Exemption for other experiments P:
I:
  Damages calculations  
33 Lost profits P: 1 [1827]
I:
34 Reasonable royalty P:
I: 1 [1808]
35 Split bases P:
I:
  Special factors  
36 Willfulness P:  2 [1852; 1877]
I: 5 [1791; 1827; 1838; 1853; 1868]
37 Enhanced damages due to willfulness P: 4 [1817; 1852; 1870; 1878]
I:  2 [1863; 1881]
38 Attorney fees to patentee P: 6 [1826; 1815; 1837; 1858; 1870; 1878]
I: 6 [1823; 1852; 1863; 1871; 1872; 1881]
39 Attorney fees to accused infringer P: 4 [1883; 1846; 1872; 1879]
I: 6 [1803; 1831; 1841; 1850; 1860; 1880]
40 Preliminary injunction ruling P: 2 [1810; 1823]
I: 4 [1809; 1811; 1849; 1865]