3Q 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: 5 [2035(2); 1969; 2028; 2250]
I: 4 [2019(2); 2049; 2032]
02 § 102(b) -- time-bar publication or patent

P: 6 [2077; 1993; 1971; 1973; 1985]
I: 3 [1981; 1982; 1985]
03 § 102(b) -- public use P:  
I: 1 [2069]
04 § 102(b) -- on sale P: 5 [1989(2); 1993; 1971(2)]
I: 2 [2069; 2082]
05 § 102(c) -- abandonment P:
I:  
06 § 102(d) -- prior foreign patenting P:
I:
07 § 102(e) -- earlier-filed US patent of another P: 1 [2047]
I: 3 [2031; 2047; 2072]
08 § 102(f) -- derived subject matter; wrong inventorship P:
I: 1 [2047]
09 § 102(g) -- prior invention by another (novelty) P: 1 [2050]
I:
10 § 103 -- obviousness P:15 [2004; 2006(4); 2005; 1968; 2053; 1989(2); 1993; 2049; 2055; 2001; 2026]
I: 8 [2012; 2035(2); 2049(2) 2022(3)]
11 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --description P: 1 [2005]
I:  2 [2062(2)]
12 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --enablement P:  6 [2006(4); 1971; 2050]
I: 2 [2062(2)]
13 § 112 -- inadequate disclosure --best mode P:  4 [1968; 1993; 1970; 1978]
I:  
14 § 112 -- claim indefinite P:5 [2007; 2024; 1969; 1984; 2059]
I:  9 [2076; 2092; 2035; 1969; 1970; 1972; 1998; 2026; 2056] 
15 Double patenting P: 3 [2006; 2035(2)]
I: 1 [2021]
16 Improper broadening P:
I: 1 [1979]
  Enforceability decisions  
17 Inequitable conduct P: 15 [1968; 2043; 2057; 2070; 1967; 1970(5); 1983; 1993. 2029; 2045; 2016]
I: 2 [2035(2)]
18 Misuse P  2 [2057; 2009]
I:
  Procedural defenses  
19 Laches P:  2 [1989(2)]
I:
20 Equitable estoppel P:  1 [2077]
I:
21 Limitations P:
I:
22 Failure to mark P: 1 [2007]
I: 7 [1985(6); 1999]
  Infringement issues  
23 Literal direct infringement P:29 [2010(2); 2035(2); 2053; 1968; 1993; 1995(9); 2049; 1985(4); 1986; 1992; 2001; 2038; 2054; 2059]
I: 66 [2015(2); 2002; 2003; 2007(2); 2008; 2014(2); 2016; 2017(2); 2018; 2023; 2024; 2075; 2078; 2079; 2081(2); 2011(2); 2035; 2041(2); 1968; 1964(2); 1965; 1969(2); 1970(5); 1971; 1972; 1974(2) 1975; 1976(2); `977; `985(2); 1996; 2025; 2026; 2034; 2036; 2044; 2056; 2059(3); 2062(2); 2063; 2020; 2005; 2010(3)]
24 Doctrine of equivalents direct infringement P: 5 [2007(2); 1968; 2049(2)]
I: 10 [1964(2); 1965; 1996; 1999; 2025; 2026; 2027; 2034; 2005]
25 Inducing infringement P: 4 [1993; 1966; 1980; 2054]
I: 13 [2003; 2008; 2040; 2041(2); 2049(4} 1971; 1974(2) 2063]
26 Contributory infringement P: 4 [1993; 2049(2); 1996]
I: 11 [2008; 2003; 2040; 2041(2); 2049; 1987(5); 2028]
27 Selling or importing product of patented process §271(g) P:
I:
28 Shipping abroad § 271(f) P: 1 [2077]
I: 2 [2049; 2063]
29 License defense P:
I:
30 Exhaustion defense P:  1 [2042]
I:
31 Exemption under § 271(e) P:
I:
32 Exemption for other experiments P:
I:
  Damages calculations  
33 Lost profits P: 3 [2007; 1968; 1997]
I: 3 [2075; 1971; 2005]
34 Reasonable royalty P: 5 [2067; 1989(2); 1993; 2045]
I:
35 Split bases P:
I:
  Special factors  
36 Willfulness P:  3 [2077; 2058; 1997]
I: 5 [2013; 2067; 1971; 1972; 2005]
37 Enhanced damages due to willfulness P: 11 [2064; 1995(9); 1997]
I:  2 [2007; 2067] 
38 Attorney fees to patentee P: 11 [1995(9); 2066; 1997]
I: 5 [2067; 2073; 1991; 1993; 1994]
39 Attorney fees to accused infringer P: 10 [2080; 2030; 2033; 2048; 2052; 2064; 2071; 2065; 1988; 1990]
I: 2 [2082; 2039]
40 Preliminary injunction ruling P:
I: 9 [2000; 2037; 2046(2); 2048; 2051; 2061; 2068; 2074]