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ThroughPuter, Inc. v. Amazon Web Services, Inc.
(2×)
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W.D. Tex. · 2024 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence high
whether the examiner actually considered this issue can only be determined by reviewing the prosecution history. the history here fails to support ntp's contention that the examiner made such a considered judgment.
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Qualcomm Incorporated v. Apple Inc.
Fed. Cir. · 2022 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence high
during reexamination, the examiner reviews the claims in view of various prior art patents and printed publications.
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Qualcomm Incorporated v. Apple Inc.
Fed. Cir. · 2022 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence high
during reexamination, the examiner reviews the claims in view of various prior art patents and printed publications.
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ThroughPuter, Inc. v. Amazon Web Services, Inc.
(2×)
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W.D. Tex. · 2024 · signal: see also · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote
· confidence low
whether the examiner actually considered this issue can only be determined by reviewing the prosecution history. the history here fails to support ntp's contention that the examiner made such a considered judgment.
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IN RE SELENIOUS ACID LITIGATION
D.N.J. · 2025 · confidence medium
(Id. at 17 (citing In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1279 (Fed.
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Connected Controls, INC. v. DPS Electronics, INC.
D. Mont. · 2024 · confidence medium
DISCUSSION “[F]or a patent’s claims to be entitled to an earlier priority date, the patentee must demonstrate that the claims meet the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 120 .” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1276 (Fed.
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Cozy, Inc. v. Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
D. Mass. · 2023 · confidence medium
Int’l, Inc., 904 F.3d at 1380 (emphasis in original) (quoting In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1276 (Fed.
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Abiomed, Inc. v. Maquet Cardiovascular LLC
D. Mass. · 2023 · confidence medium
Generally speaking, an invention is presumed to have been invented on the date when the patent application was filed. 1–3 Chisum on Patents § 3.08 (“[T]he date of invention of the applicant or patentee . . . is presumed to be the date he files a complete patent application.”); In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1276 (Fed.
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In Re MILLER
Fed. Cir. · 2022 · confidence medium
In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1273 (Fed.
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In Re MILLER
Fed. Cir. · 2022 · confidence medium
In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1273 (Fed.
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Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Hulu, LLC
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Fed. Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
“Reexamination proceedings . . . are intended to ‘permit any party to petition the [US]PTO to review the ef- ficacy of a patent, following its issuance, on the basis of new information about preexisting technology that may have escaped review at the time of the initial examination.’” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1275 (Fed.
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In Re: Walter
Fed. Cir. · 2017 · confidence medium
Cir. 2016) (citing In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed.
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Homeland Housewares, LLC v. Whirlpool Corporation
(2×)
Fed. Cir. · 2017 · confidence medium
This is also the correct construction because it is “the broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the written description.” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed.
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Move, Inc. v. Real Estate Alliance Ltd.
C.D. Cal. · 2016 · confidence medium
“Whether the examiner actually considered this issue can only be determined by reviewing the prosecution history.” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1278 (Fed.
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Ipcom Gmbh & Co. v. Htc Corporation
Fed. Cir. · 2016 · confidence medium
Also, during reexamination, claims are given “their broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification.” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed.
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In Re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC
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Fed. Cir. · 2015 · confidence medium
Cir. 2014), we held that mandamus 4 See In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786, 789 , superseded by statute as recognized by In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1277 (Fed.
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Oracle America, Inc. v. Google, Inc.
Fed. Cir. · 2015 · confidence medium
Discussion We review the Board’s legal conclusions, e.g., claim construction, de novo. 1 In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1273 (Fed.Cir. 2011).
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In Re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC
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Fed. Cir. · 2015 · confidence medium
Given the statutory scheme, there was no 4 See In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786, 789 , superseded by statute as recognized by In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1277 (Fed.
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In Re: Khayrallah
Fed. Cir. · 2014 · confidence medium
In re Montgomery, 677 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed.Cir.2012) (“The broadest reasonable interpretation, like claim construction in the infringement context, is a question of law that we review de novo.”) (citing In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed.Cir.2011)).
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In Re Ditto
Fed. Cir. · 2012 · confidence medium
Discussion When reviewing Board determinations, we review “questions of law, such as claim construction and statutory interpretation, de novo.” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1273 (Fed.Cir.2011).
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MobileMedia Ideas, LLC v. Apple Inc.
D. Del. · 2012 · confidence medium
(D.I. 332 at 49-54) However, MobileMedia does not dispute that, if Walters is indeed prior art, it anticipates each limitation of the asserted claims. 33 A patent is entitled to the priority date of an earlier filed application only if “the written description of the earlier filed application discloses the invention claimed in the later filed application sufficient to satisfy the requirements of § 112.” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1277 (Fed.Cir.2011) (citing Lockwood v. Am.
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Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Patent and Trademark Office
Fed. Cir. · 2012 · confidence medium
See, e.g., In re Montgomery, 677 F.3d 1375 (Fed.Cir.2012); In re Aoyama, 656 F.3d 1293, 1296 (Fed.Cir.2011); In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1273 (Fed.Cir.2011); In re Am.
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In Re Montgomery
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Fed. Cir. · 2012 · confidence medium
In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed.Cir.2011).
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Smartgene, Inc. v. Advanced Biological Laboratories, Sa
D.D.C. · 2012 · confidence medium
“Thus, other challenges to the patentability of original claims' — such as qualification as patentable subject matter under § 101 or satisfaction of the written description and enablement requirements of § 112 — may not be raised in reexamination proceedings.” In re NTP, 654 F.3d 1268, 1275-76 (Fed.Cir. 2011); see also 35 U.S.C. § 302 (reexaminations may be conducted on “the basis of any prior art”).
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Versata Development Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc.
(2×)
Fed. Cir. · 2015 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268 (Fed.Cir.2011); In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362 (Fed.Cir.1998); In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786 (Fed.Cir.1997), superseded by statute as recognized in In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d at 1277 ; In re Recreative Techs.
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graff/ross Holdings LLP v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
D.D.C. · 2012 · signal: see · confidence high
See In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1275-76 (Fed.Cir.2011) (citing 37 C.F.R. § 1.552 ) ("[Qlualification as patentable subject matter under § 101 ... may not be raised in reexamination proceedings.”). 8 .
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Natural Alternatives Int'l, Inc. v. Iancu
Fed. Cir. · 2018 · signal: see also · confidence medium
Cir. 2008) (explaining that "when neither the PTO nor the Board has previously considered priority, there is simply no reason to presume that claims in a [continuation-in-part] application are entitled to the effective filing date of an earlier filed application," so the district court may place the burden on the patent owner to "come forward with evidence to prove entitlement to claim priority to an earlier filing date"); see also In re NTP, Inc. , 654 F.3d at 1277 ("[W]hen a patentee argues that its claims are entitled to the priority date of an earlier filed application, the examiner must u…
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Luv n' Care, Ltd. v. Mayborn USA, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 2012 · signal: see also · confidence medium
See also In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1277 (Fed.Cir.2011) ("[T]he applica tions [must have] at least one common inventor.”). .