Patent Law Course Coverage Table

Patent Law, Spring 2008, Course Coverage Table

Module 1: Introduction (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Start OH#	Date	Call Group
Introduction	1-2		1.1	Tues., Jan. 15	All
Foundations - Bonito Boats v. Thunder Craft	3-10
Origins - In re Bergy	10-11
Patent History and Development	11-18
Forms of Patent Protection	18-19
Forms of Patent Protection (continued)	24-26
Nature and Function of the Patent System	26-39		1.10.a
Example patent (US Pat. No. 5,190,351)	20-23	Review this patent in detail; trace the claim language to the specification's disclosure and to the components shown in the drawings; what is the gist of the inventive concept?		Thurs., Jan. 17 (last 30 minutes missing; battery failed)	All

Module 2: Patent Eligibility (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Start OH#	Date	Call Group
Patent Eligibility	57-60		2.1.a
Gottschalk v. Benson	60-67	stop before note 6, pg. 67 Example patent with method and structure claims: 4,079,239		Tues., Jan. 22 (no audio, battery failure)	M
Parker v. Flook	67-68		2.10
Diamond v. Diehr	68-75
Arrhythmia Research v. Corazonix	75-86
In re Alappat	86-88			Thurs., Jan. 24	M
State St. Bank v. Signature	88-95	US Pat. No. 5,193,056	2.20
AT&T v. Excel	95-98	stop before note 7, pg. 98
"technological arts" - excerpt of Ex parte Lundgren	n/a	Ex parte Lundgren (full opinion, not assigned)
Compositions of Matter - Diamond v. Chakrabarty	100-109	skip note 2, pg. 108		Tues., Jan. 29	R
Method of Arbitration - In re Comiskey	1-8, 12-25	In re Comiskey
Signals - In re Nuijten	1-2, 6-18	In re Nuijten
Statutory Subject Matter Exercises	131-132	think about these, they will be reviewed in class

Module 3: Utility (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Start OH#	Date	Call Group
Utility - Lowell v. Lewis	133-135		3.1.a	Thurs., Jan. 31	R
Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang	136-141	US Pat. No. 5,574,405
Brenner v. Manson	141-149
In re Brana	149-157			Tues., Feb. 5	L
ESTs - In re Fisher	n/a		n/a

Module 4: Anticipation, Statutory Bars and Novelty (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Start OH#	Date	Call Group
Anticipation - Titanium Metals Corp v. Banner	159-170	skip note 4, pg. 170	4.1.a
Inherency - Continental Can v. Monsanto	171-77	skip note 4, pg. 176-177 US Pat. No. 4,108,324
Anticipation Exercise	177-178	think about but do not externally research the exercise; replace "DDS Catalog" in the last paragraph with "Fiendish Flouridators"		Thurs., Feb. 7	L
Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharms., Inc., 02-1540 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 1, 2003) (Rader, J.)	n/a
Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharms., Inc., 02-1540o (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2003) (order)	n/a
Statutory Bars - Public Use - Egbert v. Lippmann	179-187		4.10	Tues., Feb. 12	R
Metallizing Engr. v Kenyon Bearing	187-192
City of Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.	192-199
Lough v. Brunswick	199-211	US Pat. No. 4,848,775		Thurs., Feb. 14	R
On Sale Bar - Pfaff v. Wells	211-219	stop before note 6, pg. 219 US Pat. No. 4,491,377	4.20
Invitrogen Corp. v. Biocrest Mfg., L.P., 04-1273 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 5, 2005)	n/a
§102(a)/(b) - Patents - In re Carlson	230-235	D289,855 Other example design patents: D446,828, D475,625, D470,497		Tues., Feb. 19	M
§102(a)/(b) - Printed Publications - In re Hall	235-239
§102(a)/(b) - "in this country" - Ex parte Thomson	239-243
§102(c) - Abandonment	243-244
§102(d) - Delayed US Filing	244-246
Statutory Bar Exercises	246-247	think about but do not externally research the exercises.		Thurs., Feb. 21	M
Novelty - §102(a) - Prior Invention - Woodcock v. Parker	248-250		4.30
Gillman v. Stern	250-254	skip note 5, pg. 254
Antedating a Reference	254-255
§102(g)	255-260
Conception - Oka v. Youssefyeh	260-264	skip note 3, pg. 263-64
Reduction to Practice - Scott v. Finney	264-272			Fri., Feb. 22	M
Diligence - Gould v. Schawlow	272-279		4.40
Corroboration - Woodland v. Flowertree	280-287			Tues., Feb. 26	L
Award to the Second Inventor - Apotex v. Merck	287-295
§102(g) exercises	n/a	Overheads 4.43.a through 4.43.c
§102(e) - Disclosure in US Patents - Alexander Milburn v. Bournonville	295-300	skip note 5, pg. 299-300
§102(f) - Derivation - Agawam Woolen v. Jordan	300-307			Thurs., Feb. 28	L
Novelty Exercises	307	think about but do not externally research the exercises; replace "1996" with "2001" in problem 3

Module 5: Nonobviousness (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Date	Call Group
Obviousness	308-311		Tues., Mar. 4	R
Notes 1 & 2	318-319
Graham v. John Deere	319-336
Calmar v. Cook Chemical	319-336
Drawings for Graham and Cook Chemical	343-344
Notes on Obviousness	344-347	stop before "In re Rouffet"
Princeton Biochemicals v. Beckman Coulter	n/a
Notes 1 to 3	355-358		Thurs., Mar. 6	R
Objective Tests - Hybritech v. Monoclonal Antibodies	358-371	stop before note 11, pg. 371
Nonobviousness Exercise	406-410	think about but do not externally research the exercise	Tues., Mar. 11	M
KSR Intl. v. Teleflex Cert. Petition	n/a	read pages 2, 12-23
KSR Intl. v. Teleflex	n/a
Prior Art for Nonobviousness	411-412	stop before In re Stryker, pg. 412
Analogous Art - In re Clay	428-434	skip note 4, pg. 433-434	Thurs., Mar. 13	M
In re Winslow	434-436
In re Bigio	n/a

Module 6: The Patent Specification - Objective Disclosure & Best Mode (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Date	Call Group
Enablement - Gould v. Hellwarth	438-449	stop before note 8, pg. 449
Atlas Powder v. Dupont	449-453	Annotated US Pat. No. 3,447,978
In re Wright	454-461	stop before note 5, pg. 461	Tues., Mar. 25	L
Wands Factors - note 4	461
Written Description (new matter) - Vas-Cath v. Mahurkar	470-481
Written Description Controversy - Univ. of Rochester v. G.D. Searle and Co., Inc., 03-1304o (Fed. Cir. July 2, 2004) (order)	n/a	skip the table on pages 23-37 of the .pdf file
Objective Disclosure Exercise	496	think about but do not externally research the exercise	Thurs., Mar. 27	L
Best Mode - Chemcast v. Arco	497-507	skip note 4, pgs. 505-506

Module 7: Claims (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Date	Call Group
Claims - Ex parte Fressola	525-533
Format - Preamble - Catalina Mktg. Int’l v. Coolsavings.com	534-544	stop before §11.2[b], pg. 544
Functional Claiming - In re Donaldson	555-565		Tues., Apr. 1	R
Al-Site Corp. v. VSI Int’l, Inc.	565-578
Jepson Claims - In re Fout	578-582
Markush Claims	582-583
Definiteness - Orthokinetics v. Safety Travel Chairs	584-590	stop before note 4, pg. 590	Tues., Apr. 8	M

Module 8: Infringement (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Date	Call Group
Autogiro v. US	744-749
Literal - Markman v. Westview Instruments	749-760
Preamble - Catalina Mktg. Int’l v. Coolsavings.com	534-544	This will not be covered again in class.
CCS Fitness v. Brunswick	761-767		Thurs., Apr. 10	M
Interactive Gift Exp. v. Compuserve	767-776
Phillips v. AWH Corp.	n/a
DOE - Graver Tank v. Linde Air Products	777-782		Tues., Apr. 15	L
Warner-Jenkinson v. Hilton Davis	782-798
Pennwalt v. Durant-Wayland	798-799
Limitations on the DOE - All Elements - Corning Glass v. Sumitomo	799-807		Thurs., Apr. 17	L
PHE - Festo v. Shoketsu . . .	808-820
Festo on remand at the Federal Circuit	n/a		Tues., Apr. 22	R
Dedication - Johnson & Johnston v. R.E. Service	820-833
Prior Art - Wilson v. David Goeffrey & Assoc.	834-842	stop before §15.4, pg. 842
Jazz Photo v. ITC	864-875	stop before §15.7, pg. 875	Thurs., Apr. 24	R
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Module 9: Prosecution and Post-Grant Procedures (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes
Prosecution	594-604
Inventorship - Ethicon v. US Surgical	606-619
Hess v. Advanced Cardio. Sys	619-627
Inequitable Conduct - Duty of Disclosure	627-629
Intent - Kingsdown v. Hollister	629-639
Materiality - Molins v. Textron	639-648	skip note 5, pg. 647
Inequitable Conduct Case Summary: Purdue	n/a
Inequitable Conduct Case Summary: Ferring	n/a
Double Patenting - In re Vogel	648-655
Post-Grant Procedures	674-675
Reissue - HP v. Bausch & Lomb	675-687
ReExamination - In re Recreative Tech.	687-696	stop before §13.3, pg. 696
Post-Grant Exercises	697-698

Module 10: Defenses and Remedies (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes
Laches and Estoppel - Aukerman v. R.L. Chaides	910-920
Shop Rights - McElmurry v. Ark. P&L	920-926
First Inventor Defense	926-928	stop before "Additional Defenses Exercise", pg. 928
Remedies Overview	930-931	stop before "H.H. Robertson . . ."
Permanent Injunctions	940-941
Damages - Panduit v. Stahlin	941-947	stop before "Rite-Hite . . ."
NOTE: this is the end of the assignments.

Module X: { forthcoming } (slides)
Assignment	Start Page	Comment/Notes	Start OH#	Date	Call Group
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