Patent practitioners of all stripes should take heed of the recent decision by the U.S. Federal Circuit in In re Cellect. The decision has direct implications for strategies in patent portfolio management, patent prosecution,...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (referred to as the Amgen decision) likely makes it more difficult for life sciences companies to obtain broad patents claiming an entire genus of antibodies...more
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The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether an Amgen patent is invalid for not meeting the enablement requirements of Section 112(a). It claims antibodies by functional antigen binding and does not disclose the full range...more
U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide This Year -
In this year’s foray into patent law, the Supreme Court will decide whether Amgen’s patent that claims antibodies by functional antigen binding and does not disclose the full...more