3Q 2007 Report

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: 4 [909; 913(3)]
I: 2 [897; 913]
02 § 102(b) -- time-bar publication or patent

P: 2 [866; 909]
I: 3 [894(3)]
03 § 102(b) -- public use P:  1 [913]
I:  3 [858; 921; 870]
04 § 102(b) -- on sale P: 1 [895]
I: 2 [858; 870]
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: 12 [860; 921; 878 (6); 880 (4); ]
I: 1 [870]
09 § 102(g) -- prior invention by another (novelty) P:
I:
10 § 103 -- obviousness P: 9 [866; 854(2); 904(2); 923; 891; 909; 942]
I: 21 [900; 890(2); 921; 951; 897; 930; 874; 924; 936; 939(4); 914; 861; 867; 897; 898(2); 902]
11 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --description P:
I: 
12 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --enablement P:  2 [925; 856]
I: 6 [864; 900(4); 892]
13 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --best mode P:  1 [951]
I:  
14 § 112 -- claim indefinite P:
I: 6 [855; 869; 888; 894(3)]
15 Double patenting P:
I: 1 [895]
16 Improper broadening P: 1 [866]
I: 1 [889]
  Enforceability decisions  
17 Inequitable conduct P: 14 [858; 860; 868; 881; 891; 904; 912; 920; 921(2); 923; 941; 947; 951]
I: 5 [870; 871; 875; 892; 940]
18 Misuse P: 2 [892; 925] 
I:
  Procedural defenses  
19 Laches P:  8 [878(6); 925; 941]
I:
20 Equitable estoppel P:  2 [925; 941]
I: 2 [926(2)]
21 Limitations P:
I:
22 Failure to mark P:
I:
  Infringement issues  
23 Literal direct infringement P: 18 [854(2); 934; 882; 891; 904(2); 905; 912; 913; 918; 921; 922; 923; 927; 936; 944; 852]
I: 77 [853; 857(2); 859; 862; 863(4); 896(2); 898; 899; 900(4); 901; 935; 954; 957; 958; 872; 876; 879(2); 883; 884; 885; 886; 889; 890; 897; 903; 904(2); 908; 910; 913(2); 914(3); 916(3); 917; 925(7); 927; 928; 929(3); 938(2); 941; 945; 946; 948(5); 949; 953; 865(2); 894(4)]
24 Doctrine of equivalents direct infringement P: 1 [921]
I: 30 [853; 859; 900(4); 901; 933; 935; 955; 957; 958; 872; 889; 903; 904(2); 908; 913(2); 917; 927; 928; 929(3); 938(2); 946; 949]
25 Inducing infringement P: 2 [866; 904]
I: 15 [856; 857(2); 893; 872; 876; 914(2); 915(5); 927; 860]
26 Contributory infringement P: 2 [921; 927]
I: 11 [857(2); 898; 876; 914(2); 915(5)]
27 Selling or importing product of patented process P:
I:
28 Shipping abroad § 271(f) or (g) P:
I: 5 [915(5)]
29 License defense P: 1 [912]
I: 2 [887; 927]
30 Exhaustion defense P:  9 [915(5)]
I:
31 Exemption under § 271(e) P:
I:
32 Exemption for other experiments P:
I:
  Damages calculations  
33 Lost profits P: 1 [873]
I:
34 Reasonable royalty P: 2 [873; 891]
I: 2 [927(2)]
35 Split bases P:
I:
  Special factors  
36 Willfulness P:  1 [922]
I: 6 [873; 904(2); 921; 937; 860]
37 Enhanced damages due to willfulness P: 1 [891]
I:  5 [873; 877; 904(2); 860]
38 Attorney fees to patentee P: 1 [922]
I: 8 [852; 873; 877; 904(2); 919; 921; 860]
39 Attorney fees to accused infringer P: 7 [858; 956; 876; 921; 948; 951; 852]
I: 4 [875; 884; 906; 926]
40 Preliminary injunction ruling P: 2 [932; 950]
I: 8 [893; 896; 898; 907; 911; 931; 943; 952]