LENIENT STANDARD ADOPTED FOR RESTORING LAPSED PATENTS
September 30, 2026
JOINT EXAMINATION; ONLINE ORAL HEARING
September 30, 2026
ACCUSED’S OPEN-COURT ADMISSION THAT ITS PRODUCT CONTAINS ALL CLAIM ELEMENTS HELD LEGALLY BINDING
September 30, 2026
2025 STATISTICS SHOW RECORD NUMBER OF PATENT FILINGS AND CONTINUED RISE IN PATENT ALLOWANCE RATE
June 30, 2026
ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGES, WHERE PROBLEM-SOLVING IDEA IS IDENTICAL, HELD INSUFFICIENT TO DEFEAT APPLICABILITY OF DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS
June 30, 2026
TRIAL BOARD'S DIFFERENT READING OF PRIOR ART, CITED IN EXAMINER'S REJECTION, HELD TO CONSTITUTE NEW GROUND OF REJECTION
June 30, 2026
HYDRATE COMPLEX OF DIFFERING COMPOSITION RATIO OF GENERIC COMPONENTS RULED UNEQUIVALENT TO PATENTED CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX THEREOF DEFINED BY A SPECIFIC RATIO
March 31, 2026
REFORMATION OF BRAND GOODS AT CUSTOMERS' REQUEST FOR PERSONAL USE HELD NOT TO CONSTITUTE TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
March 31, 2026
MULTIPLE TRADE SECRET MISAPPROPRIATORS HELD JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY CULPABLE
