Bhanu K. Sadasivan, PhD

Time Bar Dismissal Saves Patent Found Unpatentable
By Bhanu K. Sadasivan, PhD on May 26, 2022
Posted In Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal, finding it lacked appellate jurisdiction to review a Patent Trial & Appeal Board (Board) decision to vacate an institution decision of inter partes review (IPR) based in part on the Board’s time bar evaluation. Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Bennet Regulator Guards, Inc.,...
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Court’s Drug Patent Prescription: Unclaimed Disclosure is Dedicated
By Bhanu K. Sadasivan, PhD on May 19, 2020
Posted In Patents
Addressing the disclosure-dedication doctrine, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the disclosure-dedication doctrine barred a patent owner’s claim of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents because the asserted patents disclose, but do not claim, the alleged equivalent. Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Slayback Pharma LLC, Case No. 19-1924 (Fed. Cir. May...
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