Lauren Hong
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Pick a lane: USPTO Director nixes IPR for inconsistent claim construction positions
By Lauren Hong on Nov 20, 2025
Posted In Patents
The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) vacated a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision instituting an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding after finding that the petitioner advanced inconsistent claim construction positions before the Board and in parallel district court litigation without adequate justification. Tesla, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures II LLC,...
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Reframing the claim: Plain and ordinary meaning falls to lexicography
By Lauren Hong on Nov 6, 2025
Posted In Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s construction of a claim, finding that the plain and ordinary meaning of a disputed term was redefined by the patentee under principles of lexicography and use of intrinsic claim construction evidence. Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp., et al., Case No....
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