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DECISIONS FOR 2nd Q 2006

P =Patent owner prevailed on the issue I =Accused infringer prevailed on the issue *Small numerals following the number of decisions for P and I are the case numbers as they appear in the Cumulative Case List.

Cumulative Case List

Issue Code	Description	Results
	Validity decisions
01	§ 102(a) -- earlier public knowledge or publication	P: 1 [407] I: 2 [350, 405
02	§ 102(b) -- time-bar publication or patent	P:2 [341, 372] I:3 [360, 363, 391]
03	§ 102(b) -- public use	P: I: [363(2)]
04	§ 102(b) -- on sale	P: I:
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: I:
09	§ 102(g) -- prior invention by another (novelty)	P: 2 [361, 391] I: 5 [347, 383(2), 391, 399]
10	§ 103 -- obviousness	P:2 [361, 391] I:5[347, 383(2), 391, 399]
11	§ 112 -- inadequate disclosure --description	P:1 [346] I:
12	§ 112 -- inadequate disclosure --enablement	P:1 [407]  I:1 [401]
13	§ 112 -- inadequate disclosure --best mode	P: I:
14	§ 112 -- claim indefinite	P:1 [357] I:1 [402]
15	Double patenting	P: I:
16	Improper broadening	P: I:
	Enforceability decisions
17	Inequitable conduct	P:1 [390] I:4 [348, 364, 399, 420]
18	Misuse	P:1 [344]  I:
	Procedural defenses
19	Laches	P:1 [384] I:
20	Equitable estoppel	P: I:
21	Limitations	P: I:
22	Failure to mark	P: I:
	Infringement issues
23	Literal direct infringement	P:14 [341, 352, 355, 361, 378, 379, 380, 389, 391(2), 392, 410, 417, 419]] I: 45 [336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 343, 345, 350, 353(4), 356, 357, 358, 361, 362(2), 369, 370, 371, 373, 374, 375, 385, 391, 393, 395, 396, 401(2), 406, 407, 408, 409, 411, 412, 413(2), 414, 416, 417, 419, 421]
24	Doctrine of equivalents direct infringement	P: 5 [341, 351, 387, 406(2) ] I: 18[349, 350, 353(3), 370, 375, 382, 385, 395, 396, 409, 413(2), 414, 417, 420, 421]
25	Inducing infringement	P:1[383] I:
26	Contributory infringement	P: I:1 [383]
27	Selling or importing product of patented process	P: I:
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: I:
34	Reasonable royalty	P: 3 [361, 378, 410] I: 1 [368]
35	Split bases	P: I:
	Special factors
36	Willfulness	P:2 [341, 367] I:2 [361(2)]
37	Enhanced damages due to willfulness	P: I:
38	Attorney fees to patentee	P:1[378] I:
39	Attorney fees to accused infringer	P:1[394] I:2[348, 398]
40	Preliminary injunction ruling	P:4 [366, 377, 388, 397] I:6 [365, 386, 400, 403, 404, 415]