IN RE Kevin R. Imes is a decent case patent attorneys can use when a patent Examiner at the USPTO is being truly unreasonable in a patent rejection. IN RE Kevin Imes is a patent case dealing with claims from patent application no. 09/874,423. Independent claim 1 of the ‘423 applications recites an electronic device [...]

In this case, the Plaintiffs EMD Millipore Corporation appeals the district courts grant of Summary judgment that the Defendant, AllPure technologies does not infringe the asserted claims of US Patent Number 6,032,543. The ‘543 patent claims are directed towards a device for introducing or withdrawing a sample from a container holding a fluid without contaminating [...]

IN RE: TAYLOR MADE GOLF CO. [OPINION] This case discusses claim construction, as well as Examiner’s should take into consideration the background knowledge that would have been possessed by a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention. This case is based on an appeal from the USPTO’s Patent Trial [...]

Another fun case dealing with Alice Corp. and 35 USC 101 This is case that deals with 35 USC 101, where the judge relied on Alice Corp to invalidate all of the plaintiff’s claims. The inventions at issue in this case are directed towards automatically synchronizing lip movements of cartoon characters. See US patent Numbers [...]

No Business Method Patents, means no Business Method Patents. Open-Text-SA-v-Alfresco-Software-Ltd In a recent case, regarding Austin’s own Open Text, Judge Donato invalidated claims within a patent assigned to Open Text. The patent suit in question resulted from companies that create management software, wherein the claims were directed towards creating groups of users based upon the [...]

In this case, Vistan is the owner of US Patent No 5,870,949 is directed towards appliances, and more specifically towards a pitting apparatus with a box cam. Claims 5 and 12 are at issue in this case. For your reference, claim 5 is reproduced below: 5. A fruit pitting apparatus, including: a frame; holders having [...]

AUSTIN PATENT ATTORNEY OVERVIEW: Ibormeith IP, LLC was is the assignee of US Patent Number 6,313,749, which is directed towards monitoring conditions affecting a vehicle driver’s sleepiness and warning the driver before the drive falls asleep. The monitor in the ‘749 patent takes into account multiple factors associated with sleepiness including the driver’s circadian rhythm, [...]