Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Minerva’s ‘208 patent claims a device for endometrial ablation and includes a 2011 priority filing date. The application was filed in 2011, but back in 2009 Minerva had been doing testing on a prototype “Aurora device” that included inner/outer frames made of two different types of steel. Microsoft Corp. ,

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Patently-O

MAY 19, 2022

Under the AIA : Section 102 was substantially rewritten in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011. Note – the case has a few other interesting and important procedural aspects that I’m not covering in this post. = = =. The revised provisions no longer consider the date-of-invention as relevant. a) Novelty; Prior Art.—A

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, she had provided spiritual and holistic education, training and therapy services to the public in person and online.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As is usual these days, ELCO turned-around and filed an inter partes review petition — challenging the patent’s validity based upon a 2011 product catalog (printed publication) that had featured the Hatteras lighting product. DMF sued ELCO Lighting in 2018 for infringing DMF’s U.S. 9,964,266. ” 35 U.S.C.

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