| 101 training (1) | | 101 | |
| 2003 | 3M | 3M Innovative Props. Co. v. Avery Dennison Corp., 350 F.3d 1365, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | abbott diabetes | In re Abbott Diabetes Care Inc., 696 F.3d 1142, 1148 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | abbott labs2 | Abbott Labs. v. Cordis Corp., 710 F.3d 1318, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | IPR | |
| 2014 | abbvie | AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co., KG v. Janssen Biotech, Inc., 759 F.3d 1285, 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 112 | |
| 1982 | abele | In re Abele, 684 F.2d 902 (CCPA 1982) | 101 | |
| 1951 | abrams | In re Abrams, 188 F.2d 165, 168 (CCPA 1951) | 101 | |
| 1997 | abtox | Abtox Inc. v. Exitron Corp., 122 F.3d 1019 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 1984 | ACS | ACS Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. Montefiore Hosp., 732 F.2d 1572, 1577, 221 USPQ 929, 932 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | ACTV | ACTV, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co., 346 F.3d 1082, 1088 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1966 | adams | United States v. Adams, 383 U.S. 39 (1966) | 103 | |
| 1989 | advanced cardiovascular | Advanced Cardiovascular Sys. v. Scimed Life Sys., 887 F.2d 1070, 1074 (Fed.Cir. 1989) | claim interpretation | |
| 2000 | advanced display | Advanced Display Sys., Inc. v. Kent State Univ., 212 F.3d 1272, 1283 (Fed.Cir.2000) | prior art | |
| 2006 | aero prods. | Aero Prods. Int’l, Inc. v. Intex Recreation Corp., 466 F.3d 1000, 1016 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | fed cir conflict of laws | |
| 2013 | aevoe | Aevoe Corp. v. AE Tech Co., 727 F.3d 1375, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | fed cir injunction | |
| 2001 | AFG | AFG Indus., Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co., Inc., 239 F.3d 1239, 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | agilent | Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc., 567 F.3d 1366, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 102 | |
| 1970 | ahlert | In re Ahlert, 424 F.2d 1088, 1091 (CCPA 1970) | 103 | |
| 2003 | AK steel | AK Steel Corp. v. Sollac, 344 F.3d 1234, 1239 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | akamai | Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Cable & Wireless Internet Svcs., Inc., 344 F.3d 1186,1192-93 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 102 | |
| 1986 | akzo | Akzo N.V. v. International Trade Comm’n, 808 F.2d 1471, 1 USPQ2d 1241 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 102 | |
| 1994 | alappat | Alappat, In re, 33 F.3d 1526, 31 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 101 | |
| 1989 | alcon | Alcon Laboratories Inc., In re, 13 USPQ2d 1115 (Comm’r Pat. & Tm. 1989) | 103 | |
| 1968 | aldrich | In re Aldrich, 398 F.2d 855, 859 (CCPA 1968) | double patenting | |
| 2014 | alice | Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank lnt’l, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014) | 101 | |
| 2002 | all dental | All Dental Prodx, LLC v. Advantage Dental Prods. Inc., 309 F.3d 774, 779 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 112/claim interpretation | |
| 1963 | allen | In re Allen, 324 F.2d 993, 997 (CCPA 1963) | 103 | |
| 2002 | allen eng'g | Allen Engineering Corp. v. Bartell Industries Inc., 299 F.3d 1336, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | claim interpretation | |
| 1955 | aller | In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955) | 103 | |
| 2007 | allvoice | AllVoice Computing PLC v. Nuance Commc’ns, Inc., 504 F.3d 1236, 1242 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 112 | |
| 2009 | altana | Altana Pharma AG v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., 566 F.3d 999, 1008 (Fed. Cir 2009) | 102 | |
| 2009 | altana | Altana Pharma AG v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., 566 F.3d 999, 1008 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 1974 | altenpohl | In re Altenpohl, 500 F.2d 1151, 1156-57 (CCPA 1974) | 112 | |
| 2003 | altiris | Altiris, Inc. v. Symantec Corp, 318 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1996 | alton | In re Alton, 76 F.3d 1168, 1175 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | 112/103 | |
| 2010 | alza | ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharm., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 940 (Fed.Cir.2010) | 112 | |
| 2004 | american academy | In re Am. Acad. of Sci. Tech. Ctr., 367 F.3d 1359, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | american calcar | American Calcar, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 651 F.3d 1318, 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | american medical | Am. Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biolitec, Inc., 618 F.3d 1354, 1358-59 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 1997 | american permahedge | American Permahedge, Inc. v. Barcana, Inc., 105 F.3d 1441, 1444 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 1991 | amgen1 | Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharm. Co., 927 F.2d 1200, 1213 (Fed.Cir.1991) | 112/103/claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | amgen2 | Amgen Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., 314 F.3d 1313, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 102 | |
| 2009 | amgen3 | Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113 | 112 | |
| 2001 | amgen4 | Amgen, Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., 126 F. Supp. 2d 69, 57 USPQ2d 1449 (D. Mass. 2001) 706.04 | 112 | |
| 1996 | amhil | Amhil Enterprises Ltd. v. Wawa, Inc., 81 F.3d, 1554, 1562, (Fed. Cir. 1996) | claim construction | |
| 2003 | anchor wall | Anchor Wall Systems, Inc. v. Rockwood Retaining Walls, Inc., 340 F.3d 1298, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1968 | andersen | In re Andersen, 391 F.2d 953, 958 (CCPA 1968) | 103 | |
| 1973 | anderson | In re Anderson, 471 F.2d 1237, 1244 (CCPA 1973) | 112/103 | |
| 1981 | andresen | Andresen, Ex parte, 212 USPQ 100 (Bd. App. 1981) | 103 | |
| 1988 | andrew corp. | Andrew Corp. v. Gabriel Electronics, Inc., 847 F.2d 819, 821-23 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | 112 | |
| 1976 | angstadt | In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976) | 112 | |
| 1997 | anhydrides | Anhydrides & Chemicals, Inc. v. U.S., 130 F.3d 1481, 1483 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 1991 | animal | Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Quigg, 932 F.2d 920, 923 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 112 | |
| 1977 | antonie | Application of Antonie, 559 F.2d 618, 620 (CCPA 1977) | 103 | |
| 2012 | antor | In re ANTOR MEDIA CORPORATION, 689 F.3d 1282, 1288 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 112/102 | |
| 2012 | antor media | In re ANTOR MEDIA CORPORATION, 689 F.3d 1282, 1288 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 102 | |
| 2011 | aoyama | In re Aoyama, 656 F.3d 1293, 1296 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 112 | |
| 2013 | apple | Apple Inc. v. ITC, Fed. Cir. 2012-1338, Aug. 7, 2013 | 103 | |
| 1988 | applied materials | Applied Materials Inc. v. Gemini Research Corp., 835 F.2d 279, 15 USPQ2d 1816 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | 103 | |
| 2012 | applied materials | In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1295 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2010 | ariad | Ariad Pharma, Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co., 598 F.3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 112 | |
| 2008 | aristocrat | Aristocrat Techs. Australia Pty Ltd. v. Int'l Game Tech., 521 F.3d 1328, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 112 | |
| 1972 | arkley | In re Arkley, 455 F.2d 586, 587 (CCPA 1972) | 102/103 | |
| 2011 | arlington | Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. 632 F.3d 1246, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | claim interpretation | |
| 1975 | armbruster | In re Armbruster, 512 F.2d 676, 677 (CCPA 1975) | 112 | |
| 2014 | artsana | Ex parte Artsana USA, Inc., 2014 WL 4090808 (PTAB Aug. 18, 2014) | 103 | |
| 1975 | arvin | Arvin Industries, Inc. v. Berns Air King Corp., 525 F.2d 182, 185 (7th Cir. 1975) | claim interpretation | |
| 1995 | asahi/america | In re Asahi/America, Inc., 68 F.3d 442, 445 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | prior art | |
| 1985 | ashland oil | Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Delta Resins & Refractories, Inc., 776 F.2d 281, 294 (Fed.Cir.1985) | 103 | |
| 1979 | aslanian | In re Aslanian, 590 F.2d 911, 914 (CCPA 1979) | prior art | |
| 2012 | aspex | Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | astrazeneca | AstraZeneca LP v. Apotex Inc., 633 F.3d 1042, 1065 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 103 | |
| 2008 | asyst | Asyst Tech., Inc. v. Emtrak, Inc., 544 F.3d 1310, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 103 | |
| 2008 | atlanta | Atlanta Attachment Co. v. Leggett & Platt, Inc., 516 F.3d 1361, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | on sale bar | |
| 1999 | atlas powder | AtlasPowder Co. v. Ireco Inc., 190 F.3d 1342, 1347 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 112/102/103 | |
| 1999 | atmel | Atmel Corp. v. Information Storage Device, Inc., 198 F.3d 1374, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 112 | |
| 2007 | automotive technologies | Automotive Technologies International v. BMW of North America, 501 F. 3d 1274, 1283 (Fed Cir 2007) | 112 | |
| 2012 | aventis | Aventis Pharma S.A. v. Hospira, Inc., 675 F.3d 1324, 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 1997 | b. braun | B. Braun Medical, Inc. v. Abbott Labs., 124 F.3d 1419, 1424 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 112 | |
| 2008 | badasa | Badasa v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 909, 910-11 (8th Cir. 2008) | claim interpretation | |
| 1931 | bager | In re Bager, 47 F.2d 951, 953 (CCPA 1931) | 102 | |
| 1994 | baird | Baird, In re, 16 F.3d 380, 29 USPQ2d 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 103 | |
| 2000 | baker hughes | In re Baker Hughes, Inc., 215 F.3d 1297, 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | claim interpretation | |
| 2008 | baldwin | Baldwin Graphics Systems, Inc. v. Siebert, Inc., 512 F.3d 1338, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 103 | |
| 2008 | baldwin graphic | Baldwin Graphics Systems, Inc. v. Siebert, Inc., 512 F.3d 1338, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | ball aerosol | Ball Aerosol and Specialty Container, Inc. v. Ltd. Brands, Inc., 555 F.3d 984, 993 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 2012 | bancorp | Bancorp Servs., LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can. (U.S.), 687 F.3d 1266, 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 101 | |
| 2004 | bancorp2 | Bancorp Services LLC v. Hartford Life Insurance Co., 359 F3d 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 101 | |
| 1892 | barbed wire | The Barbed Wire Patent, 143 U.S. 275, 282 (1892) | 103 | |
| 1977 | barker | In re Barker, 559 F.2d 588, 593 (CCPA 1977) | 112 | |
| 2008 | basell | In re Basell Poliolefine Italia S.P.A., 547 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | double patenting | |
| 2008 | bassell | In re Bassell Poliolefine Italia S.P.A., 547 F.3d 1371, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | double patenting | |
| 2007 | batteux | Ex parte Batteux, Appeal No. 2007-0622, 2007 WL 5211675 (BPAI, Mar. 27, 2007, Informative Opinion) | claim interpretation | |
| 1967 | baum | In re Baum, 374 F.2d 1004, 1009 (CCPA 1967) | prior art | |
| 1998 | baxter intern.1 | Baxter Int’l, Inc. v. McGaw, Inc., 149 F.3d 1321, 1328 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 103 | |
| 2012 | baxter intern.2 | In re Baxter Intern., Inc., 678 F.3d 1357, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 1991 | baxter travenol | In re Baxter Travenol Labs., 952 F.2d 388, 391 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 102/103 | |
| 1978 | bayer | In re Bayer, 568 F.2d 1357, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1978) | prior art | |
| 2002 | bayer2 | Bayer AG v. Biovail Corp., 279 F.3d 1340, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 112(2) | |
| 2002 | bayer3 | Bayer AG v. Schein Pharms., Inc., 301 F.3d 1306, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 112(1) | |
| 2009 | bayer4 | Bayer Schering Pharma AG v. Barr Laboratories, 575 F. 3d 1341, 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 1992 | beattie | In re Beattie, 974 F.2d 1309, 1312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103 | |
| 1989 | beckman | Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. LKB AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 1551 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | prior art | |
| 2010 | becton | Becton, Dickinson and Co. v. Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, 616 F.3d 1249, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | belinne | Ex parte Belinne, No. 2009-004693, 2009 WL 2477843, at *4 (BPAI Aug. 10, 2009) (informative) | 102/103 | |
| 2012 | belkin | Belkin Int’l Inc. v. Kappos, 696 F.3d 1379, 1382-83 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | SNQ | |
| 1997 | bell and howell | Bell & Howell Document Management v. AltekSys., 132 F.3d 701, 706 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 2001 | bell atlantic | Bell Atl. Network Servs. v. Covad Commc’ns Grp., 262 F.3d 1258, 1269 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | claim interpretation | |
| 1995 | bell comm | Bell Communications Research, Inc. v. Vitalink Communications Corp., 55 F.3d 615, 620 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | claim interpretation | |
| 1949 | benner | In re Benner, 174 F.2d 938, 942 (CCPA 1949) | 103 | |
| 1985 | benno | In re Benno, 768 F.2d 1340, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 112 | |
| 1988 | berenter | Berenter v. Quigg, 737 F. Supp. 5 (D.D.C. 1988) | claim interpretation | |
| 1998 | berg | In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 1431 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | double patenting | |
| 1969 | bernhart | In re Bernhart, 417 F.2d 1395 (CCPA 1969) | 103 | |
| 1977 | best | In re Best, 562 F.2d 1252, 1254–55 (CCPA 1977) | 102/claim interpretation | |
| 1986 | bey | Bey v. Kollonitsch, 806 F.2d 1024, 1027 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 102 | |
| 2006 | bicon | Bicon, Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | bigio | In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 103 | |
| 2010 | bilski | Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S.Ct. 3218, 3227 (2010) | 101 | |
| 2004 | bilstad | Bilstad v. Wakalopulos, 386 F.3d 1116, 1124 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112 | |
| 2010 | bing shun | Bing Shun Li v. Holder, 2010 WL 4368369 (5th Cir. 2010) (unpublished) | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | biogen | Biogen Idec, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC, No. 2012–1120, 2013 WL 1603360, at *2 (Fed. Cir. April 16, 2013) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | biomedino | Biomedino, LLC v. Waters Techs. Corp., 490 F.3d 946, 949 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 112 | |
| 2003 | bj servs. | BJ Servs. Co. v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc. 338 F.3d 1368, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 112 | |
| 1987 | blattner | In re Blattner, 2 USPQ2d 2047 (BPAI 1987) | 103 | |
| 1966 | boe | In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 2003 | boehringer | Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp., 320 F.3d 1339, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 103/claim interpretation | |
| 1980 | boesch | In re Boesch, 617 F.2d 272, 275 (CCPA 1980) | 103 | |
| 1990 | bond | In re Bond, 910 F.2d 831, 832–33 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | 102/claim interpretation/prior art | |
| 1971 | boon | In re Boon, 439 F.2d 724, 727–28 (CCPA 1971) | 103 | |
| 1996 | borden | Borden, In re, 90 F.3d 1570, 39 USPQ2d 1524 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | | |
| 2010 | borden | Ex Parte Borden, 93 USPQ2d 1473, 1474 (BPAI 2010) (informative) | appellate procedure | |
| 1970 | borkowski | In re Borkowski, 422 F.2d 904, 909 (CCPA 1970) | 103 | |
| 1974 | borkowski | In re Borkowski, 505 F.2d 713, 718–19 (CCPA 1974) | 102 | |
| 2001 | bose | Bose Corp. v. JBL, Inc., 274 F.3d 1354, 1359, 61 USPQ2d 1216, 1218-19 (Fed. Cir 2001) | 112 | |
| 1994 | bosies | Bosies v. Benedict, 27 F.3d 539, 541-42 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 102 | |
| 2009 | boston scientific | Boston Scientific Scimed v. Cordis, 554 F.3d 982, 991 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 1991 | bowles | Ex parte Bowles, 23 USPQ2d 1015, 1017 (BPAI 1991) | claim interpretation | |
| 1966 | boyer | In re Boyer, 363 F.2d 455, 458 n.2, (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 1969 | bozek | In re Bozek, 416 F.2d 1385, 1390 (CCPA 1969) | 103 | |
| 1991 | braat | In re Braat, 937 F.2d 589, 592 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | double patenting | |
| 2010 | bradford | Bradford Co. v. Conteyor North America, Inc., 603 F.3d 1262, 1266-67, 1270-71 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 1995 | brana | In re Brana, 51 F.3d 1560, 1568 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | 112 | |
| 2007 | brand | Brand v. Miller, 487 F.3d 862, 869 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 1973 | brandstadter | In re Brandstadter, 484 F.2d 1395, 1405 (CCPA 1973) | 103 | |
| 1970 | brink | In re Brink, 419 F.2d 914, 917 (CCPA 1970) | 102 | |
| 2014 | bristol-myers | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company V. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 13-1306, 18 (Fed. Cir. Jun. 12, 2014) | 102/103 | |
| 2008 | broadcom | Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., 543 F.3d 683, 689 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | brookhill-wilk | Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., 334 F.3d 1294, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1972 | brown | In re Brown, 459 F.2d 531, 535 (CCPA 1972) | 112 | |
| 2006 | bruckelmeyer | Bruckelmyer v. Ground Heaters, Inc., 445 F.3d 1374, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 102 | |
| 1989 | brummer | Ex parte Brummer, 12 USPQ2d 1653 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1989) | 112 | |
| 1991 | buchner | In re Buchner, 929 F.2d 660, 661 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | claim interpretation | |
| 2001 | budde | Budde v. Harley-Davidson, Inc., 250 F.3d 1369, 1376 (Fed.Cir.2001) | 112 | |
| 1979 | burckel | Burckel, In re, 592 F.2d 1175, 201 USPQ 67 (CCPA 1979) | 103 | |
| 1946 | burhans | Burhans, In re, 154 F.2d 690, 69 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1946) | 103 | |
| 1863 | burr | Burr v. Duryee, 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 531, 17 L. Ed. 650 (1863) | 101 | |
| 1994 | burroughs | Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc., 40 F.3d 1223, 1227-28 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 102 | |
| 2010 | busche | Ex parte Busche, No. 2009-007718, 2010 WL 5184640, at *5 (BPAI 2010) (nonprecedential) | 101 | |
| 1961 | bush | In re Bush, 296 F.2d 491, 496 (CCPA 1961) | 103/prior art | |
| 2007 | buszard | In re Buszard, 504 F.3d 1364, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 102 | Board’s finding of obviousness reversed because prior art rigid foam that is crushed could not reasonably be construed to be a flexible foam reaction mixture |
| 2014 | butamax | Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels LLC v. Gevo, Inc., 109 USPQ2d 1701, 1706 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | claim interpretation | |
| 1985 | cable | Cable Electric Prods., Inc. v. Genmark, Inc., 770, F.2d 1015 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 2000 | CAE | CAE Screenplates Inc. v. Heinrich Fiedler GmbH, 224 F.3d 1308, 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | callaway | Callaway Golf Co. v. Acushnet Co., 576 F.3d 1331, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 2005 | callicrate | Callicrate v. Wadsworth Mfg., Inc., 427 F.3d 1361, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112 | |
| 2005 | capon | Capon v. Eshhar, 418 F.3d 1349, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112 | |
| 2002 | cardiac pacemakers | Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Med., Inc., 296 F.3d 1106, 1113 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 112 | |
| 1986 | carella | Carella v. Starlight Archery and Pro Line Co., 804 F.2d 135 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 102 | |
| 2008 | carnegie | Carnegie Mellon Univ. v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., 541 F.3d 1115, 1122 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 103 | |
| 1979 | carroll | In re Carroll, 601 F.2d 1184, 1886 (CCPA 1979) | 112 | |
| 1984 | case | Case v. CPC Int’l, Inc., 730 F.2d 745, 750 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 103 | |
| 1967 | casey | In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 580 (CCPA 1967) | claim interpretation | |
| 2002 | catalina | Catalina Marketing Int'l. v. Coolsavings.com, 289 F. 3d 801, 809-810 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 103/claim interpretation | |
| 1985 | caveney | In re Caveney, 761 F.2d 671, 674, (Fed.Cir.1985) | 102/103 | |
| 2002 | CCS | CCS Fitness, Inc. v. Brunswick Corp., 288 F.3d 1359, 1366 . . . (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 112/claim interpretation | |
| 1998 | celeritas | Celeritas Techs. Ltd. v. Rockwell Int’l Corp., 150 F.3d 1354, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 102 | |
| 2011 | centocor | Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 636 F.3d 1341, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 112 | |
| 1973 | cescon | In re Cescon, 474 F.2d 1331, 1334 (CCPA 1973) | 103 | |
| 2003 | CFMT | CFMT, Inc. v. Yieldup Int’l Corp, 349 F.3d 1333, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 112 | |
| 2014 | chaganti | In re Chaganti, 554 F. App’x 917, 922 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 103 | |
| 1980 | chakrabarty | Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U. S. 303, 309 (1980) | 101 | |
| 1998 | champagne | Champagne Louis Roederer, S.A. v. Delicato Vineyards, 148 F.3d 1373, 1377 (Fed. Cir 1998) | standard of review | |
| 1966 | chapman | In re Chapman, 357 F.2d 418, 424 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 1895 | Chase Elevator | Richards v. Chase Elevator Co., 159 U.S. 477, 486 (1895) | 103 | |
| 2013 | cheese systems | Cheese Systems, Inc. v. Tetra Pak Cheese and Powder Systems, 725 F.3d 1341, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 103 | |
| 2004 | chef america | Chef America, Inc. v. Lamb-Weston, Inc., 358 F.3d 1371, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 1990 | chester | Chester v. Miller, 906 F.2d 1574, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | 102 | |
| 1943 | chevenard | In re Chevenard, 139 F.2d 711, 712-13 (CCPA 1943) | 103 | |
| 1984 | chevron | Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 842-843 (1984) | standing | |
| 2012 | chicago bd. | Chicago Bd. Options Exch., Inc. v. Int'l Sec. Exch., LLC, 677 F.3d 1361, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 1962 | chilowsky | In re Chilowsky, 306 F.2d 908, 916 (CCPA 1962) | 112 | |
| 1969 | chitayat | In re Chitayat, 408 F.2d 475, 478 (CCPA 1969) | prior art | |
| 1983 | chore-time | Chore-time Equipment, Inc. v. Cumberland Corp., 713 F.2d 774, 779 (Fed. Cir 1983) | 103 | |
| 1988 | christianson | Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp., 486 U.S. 800, 808–09 (1988) | subject matter jurisdiction | |
| 1995 | chu | In re Chu, 66 F.3d 292, 298-99 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | 103 | |
| 2007 | CIAS | CIAS, Inc. v. Alliance Gaming Corp., 504 F.3d 1356, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 2013 | clapper | Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 568 U.S. ___, ___, 133 S.Ct. 1138, 1150 n.5 (2013 | subject matter jurisdiction | |
| 1954 | clark | In re Clark, 214 F.2d 148 (CCPA 1954) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | classen | Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. v. Biogen Idec et al., 659 F.3d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 101 | |
| 1992 | clay | In re Clay, 966 F.2d 656, 659 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103/prior art | |
| 2012 | clearvalue | ClearValue, Inc. v. Pearl River Polymers, Inc., 668 F.3d 1340, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 102 | |
| 1980 | clemens | In re Clemens, 622 F.2d 1029, 1035 (CCPA 1980) | 103 | |
| 1997 | clement | In re Clement, 131 F.3d 1464 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 251 | |
| 1966 | clinical products | Clinical Products Limited v. Brenner, 255 F. Supp. 131, 133 (D.C. D.C. 1966) | 112 | |
| 1976 | clinton | In re Clinton, 527 F.2d 1226, 1229 (CCPA 1976) | 103 | |
| 2013 | CLS | CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd., 717 F.3d 1269 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 101 | |
| 2008 | cohesive tech | Cohesive Technologies, Inc. v. Waters Corp., 543 F.3d 1351, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 102/claim interpretation | |
| 1971 | cohn | In re Cohn, 438 F.2d 989, 1001 (CCPA 1971) | 112 | |
| 1964 | cole | In re Cole, 326 F.2d 769, 773 (CCPA 1964) | 112 | |
| 1985 | coleman | Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d 353, 359, 224 USPQ 857, 862 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 102 | |
| 1968 | collier | In re Collier, 397 F.2d 1003, 1005 (CCPA 1968) | 112 | |
| 2010 | comaper | Comaper Corp. v. Antec, Inc., 596 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 1998 | comark | Comark Communications, Inc. v. Harris Corp., 156 F.3d 1182, 1187 (Fed.Cir.1998) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | comiskey | In re Comiskey, 554 F.3d 967, 979 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 101 | |
| 1983 | connell | Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 102 | |
| 1988 | constant | Constant v. Advanced Micro-Device, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | prior art | |
| 1908 | cont'l paper bag | Cont’l Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co., 210 U.S. 405 (1908) | 103 | |
| 1991 | continental can | Continental Can Co. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 1268 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 102 | |
| 2003 | cordis | Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic AVE, Inc., 339 F. 3d 1352 (Fed. Cir 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | cordis | Cordis Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 561 F.3d 1319, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | prior art | |
| 1985 | corkill | In re Corkill, 771 F.2d 1496, 1500 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 1999 | cortright | In re Cortright, 165 F.3d 1353, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 103/claim interpretation | |
| 1983 | costello | In re Costello, 717 F.2d 1346, 1348-49 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 102 | |
| 1946 | cowles | In re Cowles, 156 F.2d 551, 555 (CCPA 1946) | 103 | |
| 2004 | crish | In re Crish, 393 F.3d 1253 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 102/claim interpretation | |
| 1989 | cronyn | In re Cronyn, 890 F.2d 1158, 1160 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | prior art | |
| 1985 | cross | Cross v. Iizuka, 753 F.2d 1040, 1051 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 101 | |
| 2005 | cross med. | Cross Med. Prods., Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 424 F.3d 1293, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 103 | |
| 2002 | crown operations | Crown Operations Int'l, LTD v. Solutia Inc., 289 F.3d 1367, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 102 | |
| 2011 | crown packaging | Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. v. Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp., 635 F.3d 1373, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 112 | |
| 2002 | cruciferous | In re Cruciferous Sprout Litig., 301 F.3d 1343, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | claim interpretation | |
| 2005 | curry | Ex parte Curry, 84 USPQ2d 1272, 1274–75 (BPAI 2005) (informative) | claim interpretation | |
| 2006 | curtiss-wright | Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc., 438 F.3d 1374, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | claim interpretation | |
| 1986 | custom accessories | Custom Accessories, Inc. v. Jeffrey-Allan Indus., Inc., 807 F.2d 955, 962 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 103 | |
| 1997 | cvi | CVI/Beta Ventures, Inc. v. Tura LP, 112 F.3d 1146, 1159 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | cybersettle | Cybersettle, Inc. v. Nat’l Arbitration Forum, Inc., 243 Fed.Appx. 603, 607 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | cybersource | CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 101 | |
| 2012 | cyclobenzaprine | In re Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsule Patent Litigation, 676 F.3d 1063, 1075-1080 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 1966 | dailey | In re Dailey, 357 F.2d 669 (C.C.P.A. 1966) | 103 | |
| 1962 | dairy queen | Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood, 369 U.S. 469 (1962) | jurisdiction | |
| 1998 | dance | In re Dance, 160 F.3d 1339, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 103 | |
| 1959 | danly | In re Danly, 263 F.2d 844, 847 (CCPA 1959) | claim construction | |
| 1976 | dann | Dann v. Johnston, 425 U.S. 219, 230 (1976) | 103 | |
| 2005 | datamize | Datamize LLC v. Plumtree Software, Inc., 417 F.3d 1342, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112 | |
| 1948 | davis | Ex parte Davis, 80 USPQ 448, 450 (Bd. App. 1948) | claim interpretation | |
| 1984 | de blauwe | In re De Blauwe, 736 F.2d 699, 705 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 103 | |
| 1964 | de lajarte | In re De Lajarte, 337 F.2d 870, 874 (CCPA 1964) | claim construction | |
| 1973 | de seversky | In re De Seversky, 474 F.2d 671, 674 (CCPA 1973) | 102 | |
| 2012 | dealertrack | DealerTrack, Inc. v. Huber, 674 F.3d 1315, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 101 | |
| 1992 | deckler | In re Deckler, 977 F.2d 1449 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | prior art | |
| 2012 | deere | Deere & Co. v. Bush Hog, LLC, 703 F.3d 1349, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 112 | |
| 2003 | deering | Deering Precision Instruments, L.L.C. v. Vector Distribution Systems, Inc., 347 F.3d 1314, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim construction | |
| 2005 | default proof | Default Proof Credit Card System, Inc. v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 412 F.3d 1291 (fed. Cir. 2005) | 112 | |
| 1988 | demaco | Demaco Corp. v. F. Von Langsdorff Licensing Ltd., 851 F.2d 1387, 1394 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 956 (1988) | 103 | |
| 1999 | dembiczak | In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 1000 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 103 | |
| 1986 | deminski | In re Deminski, 796 F.2d 436, 442, 230 USPQ 313, 315 (Fed.Cir.1986) | prior art | |
| 2009 | depuy spine | DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 1999 | desilva | DeSilva v. DiLeonardi, 181 F.3d 865, 867 (7th Cir. 1999) | appellate procedure | |
| 1998 | Desper Products | Desper Products, Inc. v. QSound Labs, Inc., 157 F.3d 1325, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | claim construction | |
| 1980 | diamond | Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303, 308 (1980) | 101 | |
| 1981 | diamond1 | Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 187, 101 S.Ct. 1048 (1981) | 101 | |
| 1966 | diamond2 | In re Diamond, 360 F.2d 214, 217 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 2014 | digitech | Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1349 | 101 | |
| 1968 | dike | In re Dike, 394 F.2d 584, 589, (CCPA 1968) | 103/claim construction | |
| 1979 | dill | In re Dill, 604 F.2d 1356, 1361, 202 USPQ 805, 808 (CCPA 1979) | 103 | |
| 1990 | dillon | In re Dillon, 919 F.2d 688, 693 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | 103 | |
| 1962 | dilnot | In re Dilnot, 300 F.2d 945, 950 (CCPA 1962) | 103 | |
| 1963 | dilnot | In re Dilnot, 319 F.2d 188, 194 (CCPA 1963) | 103 | |
| 1974 | dinh-nguyen | In re Dinh-Nguyen, 492 F.2d 856, 859 (CCPA 1974) | 112 | |
| 1994 | donaldson | In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (en banc) | 112 | |
| 1985 | donohue | In re Donohue, 766 F.2d 531, 533 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | prior art | |
| 1997 | Dossel | In re Dossel, 115 F.3d 942, 946 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 112 | |
| 2002 | doyle | In re Doyle, 293 F.3d 1355, 1359) (Fed, Cir 2002) | claim construction | |
| 1934 | dreyfus | In re Dreyfus, 73 F.2d 931 (CCPA 1934) | 103 | |
| 2012 | droge | In re Droge, 695 F.3d 1334, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 1991 | dsl | DSL Dynamic Sciences Ltd. v. Union Switch & Signal, Inc., 928 F.2d 1122, 1125 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 102 | |
| 1961 | dulberg | In re Dulberg, 289 F.2d 522 (CCPA 1961) | 103 | |
| 1886 | dunbar | White v. Dunbar 119 U.S. 47, 51-52 (1886) | claim construction | |
| 1965 | dunn | In re Dunn, 349 F.2d 433, 438 (CCPA 1965) | 103 | |
| 1928 | dwight & lloyd | Dwight & Lloyd Sintering Co. v. Greenawalt, 27 F.2d 823, 828 (2d Cir. 1928) | 102 | |
| 2006 | dystar | DyStar Textilfarben GmbH v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 103 | |
| 2003 | e-pass | E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 1368-69 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1980 | E.I. dupont | E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. v. Berkley & Co., 620 F.2d 1247, 1266-67 (8th Cir. 1980) | 101 | |
| 1997 | eaton | J.T. Eaton & Co., Inc. v. Atlantic Paste & Glue Co., 106 F.3d 1563, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 103 | |
| 2000 | eaton | Eaton v. Evans, 204 F.3d 1094, 53 USPQ2d 1696 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2138.05 | 103 | |
| 2003 | eaton2 | Eaton Corp. v. Rockwell Int’l Corp., 323 F.3d 1332, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2001 | ecolab | Ecolab, Inc. v. Envirochem, Inc., 264 F.3d 1358, 1367 (Fed.Cir.2001) | 112 | |
| 1966 | edge | In re Edge, 359 F.2d 896, 899 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 1978 | edwards | In re Edwards, 568 F.2d 1349, 1351-52 (Fed. Cir. 1978) | claim interpretation | |
| 2006 | eicon | Eicon Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | claim interpretation | |
| 1931 | einstein | In re Einstein, 46 F.2d 373, 8 USPQ 166 (CCPA 1931) | 103 | |
| 1995 | eiselstein | Eiselstein v. Frank, 52 F.3d 1035, 1038 . . . (Fed.Cir.1995) | claim interpretation | |
| 1997 | ekchian | Ekchian v. Home Depot, Inc., 104 F.3d 1299, 1303 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | elan pharm. | Elan Pharm., Inc. v. Mayo Found. For Med. Educ. & Research, 346 F.3d 1051, 1054 (Fed. Cir 2003) | prior art | |
| 1994 | electromed | Electro Med. Sys. S.A. v. Cooper Life Sci., Inc., 34 F.3d 1048, 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 112 | |
| 2001 | eli lilly | Eli Lilly & Co. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc., 251 F.3d 955, 970 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 112/103 | |
| 1997 | eli lilly2 | Regents of the University of California v. Eli Lilly & Co., 119 F.3d 1559, 1568 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 112 | |
| 1990 | eli lilly3 | In re Eli Lilly & Co., 902 F. 2d 943, 945 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | 103 | |
| 1999 | elkay | Elkay Mfg. Co. v. Ebco Mfg. Co., 192 F.3d 973, 980 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | claim interpretation | |
| 1973 | ellis | In re Ellis, 476 F.2d 1370, 1372 (CCPA 1973) | prior art | |
| 2004 | Elsner | In re Elsner, 381 F.3d 1125, 1128 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | prior art | |
| 1997 | emert | Emert, In re, 124 F.3d 1458, 44 USPQ2d 1149 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | double patenting | |
| 2001 | EMI | EMI Group North America, Inc. v. Cypress Semiconductor Corp., 268 F.3d 1342, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 101 | |
| 2010 | encyclopaedia | Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. v. Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., 609 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | priority | |
| 2006 | energizer | Energizer Holdings Inc. v. International Trade Com’n, 435 F.3d 1366, 1370-71 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 112 | |
| 2006 | energizer holdings | Energizer Holdings Inc. v. International Trade Com’n, 435 F.3d 1366, 1370-71 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 112 | |
| 1991 | engel | Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 946 F.2d 1528, 1531 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 112/claim interpretation | |
| 2000 | envirco | Envirco Corp. v. Clestra Cleanroom, Inc., 209 F.3d 1360, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | 112 | |
| 1999 | enzo | Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Calgene, Inc., 188 F.3d 1362, 52 USPQ2d 1129 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2164.06(b) | 112 | |
| 2002 | enzo | Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc., 323 F.3d 956, 968 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 112 | |
| 2005 | eolas | Eolas Technologies Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 399 F. 3d 1325, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | eplus | ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc., 700 F.3d 509, 513 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 1994 | epstein | In re Epstein, 32 F.3d 1559, 1564 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 102/prior art | |
| 2012 | ergo | Ergo Licensing, LLC v. CareFusion 303, Inc., 673 F.3d 1361, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 112/prior art | |
| 1986 | erlich | Ex Parte Erlich, 3 USPQ.2d 1011, 1107 (BPAI 1986) | 112 | |
| 1988 | ethicon | Ethicon, Inc. v. Quigg, 849 F.2d 1422, 1427 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | standard of review | |
| 1985 | etter | In re Etter, 756 F.2d 852, 858 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (en banc) | 103 | |
| 1985 | EWP | EWP Corp. v. Reliance Universal Inc., 755 F.2d 898, 907 (Fed. Cir.) cert. denied, 474 U.S. 843 (1985) | 103 | |
| 1995 | exxon chem | Exxon Chem. Patents, Inc. v. Lubrizol Corp., 64 F.3d 1553, 1555 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | claim interpretation | |
| 2001 | exxon research | Exxon Research and Eng’g Co. v. U.S., 265 F.3d 1371, 1379–80 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 112 | |
| 1973 | eynde | In re Eynde, 480 F.2d 1364, 1370 (CCPA 1973) | 103 | |
| 1969 | facius | In re Facius, 408 F.2d 1396, 1407 (CCPA 1969) | 102 | |
| 2006 | falkner | Falkner v. Inglis, 448 F.3d 1357, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 112 | |
| 2006 | falko-gunter | Falko-Gunter Falkner v. Inglis, 448 F.3d 1357, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 112 | |
| 2009 | fallaux | In re Fallaux, 564 F.3d 1313, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | double patenting | |
| 1983 | farrenkopf | In re Farrenkopf, 713 F.2d 714, 718 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 1957 | ferguson | Ferguson, Ex parte, 117 USPQ 229 (Bd. App. 1957) 2107.02 , 2107.03 , 2164.07 | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | ferguson | Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls, Div. of Dover Res., Inc. v. Mega Sys., LLC, 350 F.3d 1327, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | ferguson | In re Ferguson, 558 F.3d 1359, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 101 | |
| 1974 | fessmann | In re Fessmann, 489 F.2d 742, 744 (CCPA 1974) | 103 | |
| 2002 | festo | Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., 535 U.S. 722, 734 (2002) | 112 | |
| 1993 | fiers | Fiers v. Revel, 984 F.2d 1164, 1170 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112 | |
| 2004 | fiers | Fiers v. Revel, 984 F.2d 1164, 1171 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112 | |
| 2008 | finisar | Finisar Corp. v. DirecTV Grp., Inc., 523 F.3d 1323, 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 112/102 | |
| 1970 | fisher | In re Fisher, 427 F.2d 833, 839 (C.C.P.A. 1970) | 112 | |
| 1971 | fisher | In re Fisher, 448 F.2d 1406, 1407 (CCPA 1971) | appellate procedure | |
| 2005 | fisher | In re Fisher, 421 F.3d 1365, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 101 | |
| 2005 | fisher | In re Fisher, 421 F.3d 1365, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 101/103 | |
| 2005 | fisher2 | In re Fisher, 421 F.3d 1365, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 101 | |
| 1980 | fitzgerald | In re Fitzgerald, 619 F.2d 67, 70 (CCPA 1980) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | flo healthcare | Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Kappos, 697 F.3d 1367, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 112/102 | |
| 2012 | fort properties | Fort Properties, Inc. v. American Master Lease LLC, 671 F.3d 1317 (Fed Cir. 2012) | 101 | |
| 1965 | foster | In re Foster, 343 F.2d 980 (CCPA 1965) | 102 | |
| 1982 | fout | In re Fout, 675 F.2d 297, 301 (CCPA 1982) | 103 | |
| 1973 | fox | In re Fox, 471 F.2d 1405, 1407 (CCPA 1973) | 103 | |
| 1982 | fracalossi | In re Fracalossi, 681 F.2d 792, 794 (CCPA 1982) | 102/103 | |
| 2005 | free motion | Free Motion Fitness, Inc. v. Cybex Intern., Inc., 423 F. 3d 1343, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 1994 | freeman | In re Freeman, 30 F.3d 1459, 1464 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | reexam | |
| 1973 | freeman2 | In re Freeman, 474 F.2d 1318, 1324 (CCPA 1973) | 103 | |
| 2009 | fresenius | Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter Int’l, Inc., 582 F.3d 1288, 1298 (2009) | claim interpretation | |
| 1993 | fressola | Ex parte Fressola, 27 USPQ2d 1608 (BPAI 1993) | 112 | |
| 1962 | fridolph | In re Fridolph, 309 F.2d 509 (CCPA 1962) | 103 | |
| 1991 | fritch | Fritsch v. Lin, 21 USPQ2d 1731 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1991) 2137.01 , 2138.06 | 103 | |
| 1992 | fritch | In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 102 | |
| 2010 | frye | Ex parte Frye, 94 USPQ2d 1072, 1075 (BPAI 2010) | appellate procedure | |
| 2004 | fulton | In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 103 | |
| 2013 | function media | Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc., 708 F.3d 1310, 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 112 | |
| 1992 | gal | In re Gal, 980 F.2d 717, 719 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103 | |
| 2013 | galderma | Galderma Labs., L.P. v. Tolmar, Inc., 737 F.3d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | prior art | |
| 2009 | gamble | Procter & Gamble Co. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 566 F.3d 989, 997 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 1948 | gardiner | In re Gardiner, 171 F.2d 313, 315-16 (CCPA 1948) | claim interpretation | |
| 1970 | gardner | In re Gardner, 427 F.2d 786, 788 (CCPA 1970) | 112 | |
| 1970 | gardner | In re Gardner, 427 F.2d 786, 788 (CCPA 1970) | 112(2) | |
| 1973 | gardner | Gardner, In re, 475 F.2d 1389, 177 USPQ 396 (CCPA 1973) 601.01(d) , 2107.01 , 2107.03 , 2163 | 101 | |
| 1984 | gardner2 | Gardner v. TEC Systems, Inc., 725 F2d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 103 | |
| 1971 | garfinkel | In re Garfinkel, 437 F.2d 1000, 1004 n.2 (CCPA 1971) | prior art | |
| 1979 | garnero | In re Garnero, 412 F.2d 276, 279 (CCPA 1979) | claim interpretation | |
| 2000 | gartside | In re Gartside, 203 F.3d 1305, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | 103 | |
| 1975 | gaubert | In re Gaubert, 524 F.2d 1222, 1224-25 (CCPA 1975) | 101 | |
| 2004 | gaus | Gaus v. Conair Corp., 363 F.3d 1284, 1288 (Fed.Cir.2004) | 103 | |
| 1962 | gay | In re Gay, 309 F.2d 769, 772 (CCPA 1962) | 112 | |
| 1955 | gazda | In re Gazda, 219 F.2d 449, 452 (CCPA 1955) | 103 | |
| 1997 | gechter | Gechter v. Davidson, 116 F.3d 1454, 1460 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 102 | |
| 1997 | geisler | In re Geisler, 116 F.3d 1465, 1469 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 103 | |
| 1997 | genentech | GENENTECH, INC v. NOVO NORDISK, A/S, 108 F.2d 1361, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 112 | |
| 1997 | genentech | Genentech, Inc. v. Chiron Corp., 112 F.3d 495, 501 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 1938 | general electric | General Elec. Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp., 304 U.S. 364, 373 (1938) | claim interpretation | |
| 1992 | general foods | General Foods Corp. v. Studiengessellschaft Kohle mbH, 972 F.2d 1272, 1278 (Fed, Cir, 1992) | 103 | |
| 2012 | genetics institute | Genetics Institute v. Novartis Vaccines, 655 F. 3d 1291 - Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit 2011 cert. denied, 132 S.Ct. 1932, 182 L.Ed.2d 775 (U.S. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2003 | geneva | Geneva Pharmaceuticals v. GlaxoSmithKline, 349 F. 3d 1373, 1377-1378 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | double patenting | |
| 1998 | gentry gallery | Gentry Gallery, Inc. v. Berkline Corp., 134 F.3d 1473, 1479 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 112 | |
| 1967 | gershon | In re Gershon, 372 F.2d 535, 539 (CCPA 1967) | 103 | |
| 2008 | ghuman | Ex parte Ghuman, 88 USPQ2d 1478 (BPAI 2008) | appellate procedure | |
| 2010 | giacomini | In re Giacomini, 612 F.3d 1380, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | prior art | |
| 2014 | giannelli | In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1389 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | gillis | Ex parte Gillis, No. 2011-007483, 2013 WL 860588 at *2-*4 (PTAB March 4, 2013) | claim interpretation | |
| 2002 | glaug | In re Glaug, 283 F.3d 1335, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | gleizer | In re Gleizer, 356 Fed. Appx. 415, 419 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 15, 2009) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | global-tech | Global-Tech, 131 S. Ct. at 2068 | fed cir | |
| 1975 | goffe | In re Goffe, 188 USPQ 131 (C.C.P.A. 1975) | 112 | |
| 1976 | goffe | In re Goffe, 188 USPQ 131 (C.C.P.A. 1975) | 112(2) | |
| 1975 | goldfarb | Goldfarb v. Va. State Bar, 421 U.S. 773, 792 (1975) | fed cir | |
| 2004 | golight | Golight, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 355 F.3d 1327, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112 | |
| 1993 | goodman | In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112 | |
| 1877 | goodyear dental | Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co., 93 US 486, 495-6 (1877) | 103 | |
| 1984 | gordon | In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | prior art | |
| 1983 | gore | W.L. Gore & Assocs., Inc. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1548 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 1991 | gorman | In re Gorman, 933 F.2d 982, 986 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 103 | |
| 1989 | gosteli | In re Gosteli, 872 F.2d 1008, 1012 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | 102 | |
| 1972 | gottschalk | Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 175 USPQ 673 (1972) | 101 | |
| 1966 | gould | Gould v. Schawlow, 363 F.2d 908, 918 (CCPA 1966) | 102 | |
| 1995 | gould | Gould, Inc. v. United States, 67 F.3d 925, 930 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | fed cir | |
| 1966 | gould2 | Gould v. Schawlow, 363 F.2d 908, 918 (CCPA 1966). | 102 | |
| 1995 | GPAC | In re GPAC Inc. 57 F.3d 1573, 1579 (Fed.Cir. 1995) | 103 | |
| 1965 | graf | In re Graf, 343 F.2d 774 (CCPA 1965) | 103 | |
| 1966 | graham | Graham v. John Deere, 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966) | 103 | |
| 1988 | grain processing | Grain Processing Corp. v. American Maize-Products Co., 840 F.2d 902, 907 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | 103 | |
| 1989 | grams | In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835, 840 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | 101 | |
| 1984 | grasselli | Ex parte Grasselli, 231 USPQ 393, 394 (BPAI 1983), aff’d mem. 738 F.2d 453 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 112 | |
| 1983 | grasselli2 | In re Grasselli, 713 F.2d 731, 743 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 1995 | graves | In re Graves, 69 F.3d 1147, 1152 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | 102/103 | |
| 1931 | gray | In re Gray, 53 F.2d 520 (CCPA 1931) | 103 | |
| 1996 | greenberg | Greenberg v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., 91 F.3d 1580, 1583 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | 112 | |
| 1978 | greenfield | In re Greenfield, 571 F.2d 1185, 1189 (CCPA 1978) | 103 | |
| 2012 | greenliant | Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. XICOR LLC, 692 F. 3d 1261, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 251 | |
| 2002 | griffin | Griffin v. Bertina, 285 F.3d 1029, 1033 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | claim interpretation | |
| 1966 | griver | In Re Griver 354 F.2d 377, 381 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 1983 | gulack | In re Gulack, 703 F.2d 1381, 1385 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103/claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | gunn | Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. ___, ___, 133 S. Ct. 1059, 1065 (2013) | 102 | |
| 1994 | gurley | In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 103 | |
| 2009 | gutta | Ex Parte Gutta, 93 USPQ2d 1025, 1036 (BPAI 2009) (per curiam) (expanded panel) (precedential) | 101 | |
| 1979 | gyurik | In re Gyurik, 596 F.2d 1012, 1016 (CCPA 1979) | prior art | |
| 2014 | H-W | H-W Tech., L.C. v. Overstock.com, Inc., 758 F.3d 1329 (Fed. Cir. Jul. 11, 2014) | 112 | |
| 1978 | haas | In re Haas, 580 F.2d 461 (C.C.P.A. 1978) | restriction | |
| 1957 | hack | Hack, In re, 245 F.2d 246, 114 USPQ 161 (CCPA 1957) 2112.02 | 103 | |
| 1969 | hafner | In re Hafner, 410 F.2d 1403, 1405 (CCPA 1969) | 102 | |
| 1986 | hall | In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 899 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 102 | |
| 1946 | halliburton | Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker, 329 U.S. 1 (1946) | 112 | |
| 2008 | halliburton | Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc. v. M-1 LLC, 514 F.3d 1244 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 112 | |
| 1981 | hallman | In re Hallman, 655 F.2d 212, 215 (CCPA 1981) | 102/103 | |
| 1970 | hammack | In re Hammack, 427 F.2d 1378, 1381–82 (CCPA 1970) | 112 | |
| 1947 | hampel | In re Hampel, 162 F.2d 483, 485–486 (CCPA 1947) | 103 | |
| 1939 | hansgirg | Hansgirg v. Kemmer, 26 CCPA 937, 940, 102 F.2d 212, 214, 40 USPQ 665, 667 (1939) | 102/103 | |
| 2011 | harari | Harari v. Lee, 656 F.3d 1331, 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | claim interpretation | |
| 1980 | harnisch | In re Harnisch, 631 F.2d 716 (C.C.P.A. 1980) | 112 | |
| 2005 | harris | In re Harris, 409 F.3d 1339, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 103 | |
| harris2 | Harris Corp. v. Ericsson Inc., 417 F. 3d 1241 - Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit 2005 | | |
| 2007 | hartman | Hartman v. Nicholson, 483 F.3d 1311, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | appellate procedure | |
| 1887 | hartranft | Hartranft v. Wiegmann, 121 U. S. 609, 615 (1887) | 101 | |
| 2001 | haruna | In re Haruna, 249 F.3d 1327, 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 103 | |
| 1968 | harwood | In re Harwood, 390 F.2d 985, 989 (CCPA 1968) | 101 | |
| 1960 | harza | In re Harza, 274 F.2d 669 (CCPA 1960) | 103 | |
| 1989 | hauserman | In re Hauserman, Inc., 892 F.2d 1049 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | claim interpretation | |
| 1997 | hazani | Hazani v. U.S. Int’l. Trade Com’n., 126 F.3d 1473, 1479 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | hearing | Hearing Components, Inc. v. Shure Inc., 600 F.3d 1357, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 112(2) | |
| 1986 | hedges | In re Hedges, 783 F.2d 1038, 1039 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 103 | |
| 2008 | helmsderfer | Helmsderfer v. Bobrick Washroom Equip., Inc., 527 F.3d 1379, 1381 . . . (Fed. Cir. 2008) | claim interpretation | |
| 1971 | hengehold | In re Hengehold, 440 F.2d 1395, 1403 (CCPA 1971) | 112 | |
| 1972 | herbert | In re Herbert, 461 F.2d 1390 (CCPA 1972) | 102 | |
| herr | In re Herr, 377 F.2d 610, 611 (CCPA 1967) | | |
| 1976 | herz | In re Herz, 537 F.2d 549, 551 (CCPA 1976) | claim interpretation | |
| 1990 | hewlett-packard | Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Bausch & Lomb Inc., 909 F.2d 1464, 1468 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | claim interpretation | |
| hewlett-packard2 | Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Mustek Sys., Inc., 340 F.3d 1314, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | | |
| 1966 | Heyna | In re Heyna, 360 F.2d 222, 228 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 1965 | hilton | Hilton, Ex parte, 148 USPQ 356 (Bd. App. 1965) 2144.04 | 103 | |
| 1998 | hiniker | In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 101 | |
| 1970 | hoch | In re Hoch, 428 F.2d 1341, 1342 n. 3 (CCPA 1970) | 103 | |
| 2000 | hockerson-halberstadt | Hockerson-Halbertstadt, Inc. v. Avia Group Int’l, Inc., 222 F.3d 951, 956 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | prior art | |
| 1968 | hoeksema | In re Hoeksema, 399 F.2d 269, 274 (CCPA 1968) | 103 | |
| 2005 | hoffer | Hoffer v. Microsoft Corp., 405 F.3d 1326, 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 1989 | hoffman | Ex parte Hoffman, 1989 WL 274371 *3, 12 U.S.P.Q.2d 1061, 1063-64 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1989) | claim interpretation | |
| 1977 | hogan | In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 605-607 (CCPA 1977) | 112 | |
| 1993 | hoganas | Hoganas AB v. Dresser Indus., Inc., 9 F.3d 948, 951 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112(2) | |
| 1986 | holmwood | Holmwood v. Cherpeck, 2 USPQ2d 1942 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1986) 2138.03 | 102 | |
| 1991 | holmwood | Holmwood v. Sugavanam, 948 F.2d 1236, 1238 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 102 | |
| 1893 | howard | Howard vs. Detroit Stove Works, 150 U.S. 164 (1893) | 103 | |
| 2008 | howmedica | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. v. Wright Med. Tech., Inc., 540 F.3d 1337, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | HTC | HTC Corp. v. IPCom GmbH & Co., 667 F.3d 1270, 1274-75 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | huai-hung | In re Huai-Hung Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1072-73 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | claim interpretation | |
| 1996 | huang | In re Huang, 100 F.3d 135, 140 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | 103 | |
| 2013 | hubbel | In re Hubbel, --- F.3d----, 2013 WL 828475,*3 (Fed. Cir. March 7, 2013) | obviousness-type double patenting | |
| 1983 | hyatt | In re Hyatt, 708 F. 2d 712, [714] (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 112 | |
| 2000 | hyatt | In re Hyatt, 211 F.3d 1367, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | hyatt | Hyatt v. Dudas,492 F.3d 1365, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 112 | |
| 1986 | hybritech | Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 1376, 231 USPQ 81, 87 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 102 | |
| 2011 | hynix | Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Rambus Inc., 645 F.3d 1336, 1351-53 (2011) | 112 | |
| 2013 | ibormeith | Ibormeith IP, LLC v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 732 F.3d 1376, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 112 | |
| 2007 | ICON | In re ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., 496 F.3d 1374, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103/claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | ICU | ICU Medical, Inc. v. Alaris Medical Systems, Inc., 558 F.3d 1368, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 112 | |
| 2006 | Impax | Impax Labs., Inc. v. Aventis Pharms. Inc., 468 F.3d 1366, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | prior art | |
| 2000 | IMS | IMS Tech., Inc. v. Haas Automation, Inc., 206 F.3d 1422, 1434 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | claim interpretation | |
| 1986 | in re merck | In re Merck & Co., 800 F.2d 1091, 1097 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 103 | |
| 2004 | innova | Innova/Pure Water, Inc. v. Safari Water Filtration Sys., Inc., 381 F.3d 1111, 1117 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 102/claim interpretation | |
| 2008 | innovatit | Innovatit Seafood Systems, LLC, et al. v. Commissioner for Patents 573 F.Supp. 2d 96, 99 (D.D.C. 2008) | 102 | |
| 2011 | innovention toys | Innovation Toys, LLC v. MGA Entertainment, Inc., 637 F.3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 103 | |
| 1996 | insituform | Insituform Techs., Inc. v. Cat Contracting, Inc., 99 F.3d 1098 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | institut pasteur | Institut Pasteur & Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie v. Focarino, 738 F.3d 1337, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 103 | |
| 2003 | intel | Intel Corp. v. VIA Techs., Inc., 319 F.3d 1357, 1365-66 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 112 | |
| 2003 | intellectual pro | Intellectual Pro. Dev., 336 F.3d 1308, 1320, fn. 9 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1992 | intellicall | Intellicall, Inc. v. Phonometrics, Inc., 952 F.2d 1384, 1387-88 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | claim interpretation | |
| 2001 | interactive gift | Interactive Gift Express, Inc. v. Compuserve Inc., 256 F.3d 1323, 1342-43 (Fed, Cir. 2001) | 103 | |
| 1985 | interconenct | Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1138 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 1985 | interconnect | Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1143 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 2001 | intergraph | Intergraph Corp. v. Intel Corp., 253 F.3d 695, 698 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | fed cir | |
| 2014 | interval | Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc., 766 F.3d 1364, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 112 | |
| 2011 | inventio | Inventio AG v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Ams. Corp., 649 F.3d 1350, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 112 | |
| 2005 | invitrogen | Invitrogen Corp. v. Clontech Laboratories Inc., 429 F3d 1052, 1078 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 102 | |
| 2005 | IPXL | IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112 | |
| 2004 | irdeto | Irdeto Access, Inc. v. Echostar Satellite Corp., 383 F.3d 1295, 1300 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | iron grip | Iron Grip Barbell Co., Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 103 | |
| 1992 | ishizaka | Ex Parte ISHIZAKA, 24 USPQ2d 1621, 1624 (BPAI 1992) | 103 | |
| 2004 | IXYS | Int’l Rectifier Corp. v. IXYS Corp., 383 F.3d 1312, 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | injunction | |
| 1962 | jacoby | In re Jacoby, 309 F.2d 513, 516 (CCPA 1962) | 103 | |
| 1985 | jamesbury | Jamesbury Corp. v. Litton Indus. Prods., Inc. 756 F.2d 1556, 1560 (Fed, Cir. 1985) | 102 | |
| 1963 | janakirama | In re Janakirama-Rao, 317 F.2d 951, 954 (CCPA 1963) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | janakiraman | Ex parte Janakiraman, 2009 WL 1270322 (BPAI 2009) (Informative) | 103 | |
| 2003 | jansen | Jansen v. Rexall Sundown, Inc., 342 F.3d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 1950 | japikse | In re Japikse, 181 F.2d 1019 (CCPA 1950) | 103 | |
| 2013 | jasinski | In re Jasinski, 2013 WL 563285 at *3 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (non-precedential) | 102 | |
| 2008 | jella | Ex Parte Jellá, 90 USPQ2d 1009, 1019 (BPAI 2008) (precedential) | 103 | |
| 1963 | jepson | Jepson v. Coleman, 314 F.2d 533, 536 (CCPA 1963) | prior art | |
| 1928 | jockmus | Jockmus v. Leviton, 28 F.2d 812, 814 (2d Cir. 1928) | prior art | |
| 1998 | johns hopkins | Johns Hopkins Univ. v. CellPro, Inc., 152 F.3d 1342, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 112 | |
| 1947 | johnson | In re Johnson, 162 F.2d 924, 928 (CCPA 1947) | prior art | |
| 1977 | johnson | In re Johnson, 558 F.2d 1008, 1016 n.17 (CCPA 1977) | 112 | |
| 1999 | johnson | Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc. v. Zebco Corp., 175 F.3d 985, 992 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | claim interpretation | |
| 1989 | johnston | Johnston v. IVAC Corp., 885 F.2d 1574, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | 112 | |
| 2006 | johnston | In re Johnston, 435 F..3d 1381, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | claim interpretation | |
| 1992 | jones | In re Jones, 958 F.2d 347, 350 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103 | |
| 1992 | jones | In re Jones, 958 F.2d 347, 350 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103 | |
| 1992 | joy technologies | Joy Technologies Inc. v. Manbeck, 751 F. Supp. 225, 229 (D.D.C. 1990), aff’d, 959 F.2d 226, 228 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103 | |
| 2011 | Jung | In re Jung, 637 F.3d 1356, 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 102/103 | |
| 1999 | K-2 | K-2 Corp. v. Salomon S.A., 191 F.3d 1356, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | k-tec | K-TEC, Inc. v. Vita-Mix Corp., 696 F.3d 1364, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2006 | kahn | In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 103 | |
| 1983 | kansas jack | Kansas Jack, Inc. v. Kuhn, 719 F. 2d 1144, 1151 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 2011 | kao | In re Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1066 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 103 | |
| kaplan | In re Kaplan, 789 F.2d 1574, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | | |
| 2001 | karsten | Karsten Manufacturing Corp. v. Cleveland Golf Co., 242 F.3d 1376, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 102 | |
| 1982 | katz | In re Katz, 687 F.2d 450 (CCPA 1982) | 103 | |
| 2011 | katz | Katz v Am. Airlines, 639 F.3d 1303, 1316 (Fed,Cir. 2011) | 112(2)/112(6) | |
| 2011 | katz | Ex parte Ronald A. Katz Tech. Licensing L.P., 2011 WL 1676313 at *6 (BPAI May 2, 2011) | prior art | |
| katz | Ex parte Katz, 2011 WL 514314, *4 (BPAI 2011) | | |
| 2011 | katz interactive | In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation, 639 F.3d 1303, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 112 | |
| 2000 | KCJ | KCJ Corp. v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., 223 F.3d 1351, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | claim interpretation | |
| 1981 | keller | In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 426 (CCPA 1981) | 103 | |
| kelly | In re Kelly, 305 F.2d 909, 915-16 (CCPA 1962) | | |
| 2000 | kemco | Kemco Sales, Inc. v. Control Papers Co., 208 F.3d 1352, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2000). | 112 | |
| 1996 | kemps | In re Kemps, 97 F.3d 1427, 1430 (Fed. Cir 1996) | 103 | |
| 2015 | kennametal | Kennametal, Inc. v. Ingersoll Cutting Tool Co., 780 F.3d 1376, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 2015) | 102 | |
| 1980 | kerkhoven | In re Kerkhoven, 626 F.2d 846, 850 (CCPA 1980) | 103 | |
| 1907 | kessler | Kessler v. Eldred, 206 U.S. 285 (1907) | fed cir | |
| 1998 | key pharms | Key Pharms. Inc. v. Hercon Labs. Corp., 161 F.3d 709, 714 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 102/103 | |
| 2006 | kim | Kim v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 465 F.3d 1312, 1323 (Fed. Cir.2006) | 251 | |
| 2012 | Kinetic | Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 688 F.3d 1342, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 1986 | king | In re King, 801 F.2d 1324, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | king | King Pharm., Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | klein | In re Klein, 647 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | prior art | |
| 1973 | kleinman | In Re Kleinman, 484 F.2d 1389, 1392 (CCPA 1973) | prior art | |
| 2004 | klopfenstein | In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | prior art | |
| 1972 | klosak | Application of Klosak, 455 F. 2d 1077, 1080 (CCPA 1972) | 103 | |
| 1986 | kloster | Kloster Speedsteel AB v. Crucible, Inc., 793 F.2d 1565, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 102 | |
| 1961 | knapp | In re Knapp Monarch Co. 296 F.2d 230 (CCPA 1961) | 103 | |
| 2004 | knorr-bremse | Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp., 383 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (en banc) | 102 | |
| kohler | In re Kohler, 475 F.2d 651, 653 (CCPA 1973) | | |
| 1968 | kohno | In re Kohno, 391 F.2d 959 (CCPA 1968) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | koito | Koito Mfg. Co., Ltd. v. Turn-Key-Tech, LLC, 381 F.3d 1142, 1154 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112 | |
| 1979 | kollman | In re Kollman, 595 F.2d 48, 55, n.6 (CCPA 1979) | 103 | |
| korpi | In re Korpi, 160 F.2d 564,566 (CCPA 1947) | | |
| 1976 | kronig | In re Kronig, 539 F.2d 1300, 1303 (CCPA 1976) | appellate procedure | |
| 1951 | kropa | Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 152 (CCPA 1951) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | KSR | KSR Int’l v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007) | 103 | |
| 2009 | kubin | In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 1970 | kuderna | In re Kuderna, 426 F.2d 385, 389 (CCPA 1970) | 103 | |
| kuehl | In re Kuehl, 475 F.2d 658 (CCPA 1973) | | |
| 1975 | kuhle | In re Kuhle, 526 F.2d 553, 555 (CCPA 1975) | 103 | |
| kumar | In re Kumar, 418 F.3d 1361, 1367–68(Fed.Cir.2005) | | |
| 1964 | kunzmann | In re Kunzmann, 326 F.2d 424, 425 n.3 (CCPA 1964) | appellate procedure | |
| 2001 | KX | KX Indus. v. PUR Water Purification Prods, Inc., 18 Fed.Appx. 871, 877 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 112 | |
| kyocera | Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. International Trade Com'n, 545 F.3d 1340, 1351 (Fed Cir. 2008) | | |
| 2013 | lakkala | Ex parte Lakkala, 2013 WL 1341108, *2 (PTAB 2013) (informative) | 112 | |
| 1976 | lamberti | In re Lamberti, 545 F.2d 747, 750 (CCPA 1976) | 103 | |
| 2000 | lampi | Lampi Corp. v. Am. Power Prods., 228 F.3d 1365, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | 112 | |
| 1971 | landgraf | In re Landgraf, 436 F.2d 1046, 1050 (CCPA 1971) | 101 | |
| 1974 | langer | In re Langer, 503 F.2d 1380, 1391-92 (CCPA 1974) | 101 | |
| 1994 | lantech | Lantech, Inc. v. Keip Mach. Co., 32 F.3d 542, 547 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 103 | |
| 1965 | larson | In re Larson, 340 F.2d 965, 968 (CCPA 1965) | 103 | |
| 2010 | laryngeal | Laryngeal Mask Co. Ltd. v. Ambu A/S, 618 F.3d 1367, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | leapfrog | Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 485 F.3d 1157, 1162 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 1984 | lear siegler | Lear Siegler, Inc. v. Aeroquip Corp., 733 F.2d 881, 889 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 103 | |
| lebounty | LaBounty Mfg., Inc. v. U.S. Int’l Trade Com’n, 958 F.2d 1066, 1075 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | | |
| 2002 | lee | In re Lee, 277 F.3d 1338, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 103 | |
| 1962 | LeGrice | In re LeGrice, 301 F.2d 929, 1138 (CCPA 1962) | prior art | |
| leimkuhler | Ex parte James K. Leimkuhler, 2012 WL 684058 (B.P.A.I. February 28, 2012) | | |
| 2011 | leithem | In re Leithem, 661 F.3d 1316, 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | appellate procedure | |
| 1964 | lemin | In re Lemin, 332 F.2d 839, 841, 141 USPQ 814 (CCPA 1964) | 103 | |
| 1960 | leshin | In re Leshin, 277 F.2d 197, 199 (CCPA 1960) | 103 | |
| 1993 | levengood | Ex parte Levengood, 28 USPQ2d 1300, 1301-02 (BPAI 1993) | 103 | |
| 1990 | levy | Ex parte Levy, 17 USPQ2d 1461, 1464 (BPAI 1990) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | liebel-flarsheim | Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad, Inc., 358 F.3d 898, 910 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | lifescan | Lifescan Scotland, Ltd. v. Shasta Technologies, LLC, 734 F.3d 1361, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 103 | |
| 2004 | lighting world | Lighting World, Inc. v. Birchwood Lighting, Inc., 382 F.3d 1354, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112 | |
| lincoln | In re Lincoln, 126 F.2d 477, 479 (CCPA 1942) | | |
| 1952 | lindberg | In re Lindberg, 194 F.2d 732, 735 (CCPA 1952) | 103 | |
| 1967 | lindell | In re Lindell, 385 F.2d 453, 456 (CCPA 1967) | 112 | |
| 1984 | lindemann | Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. Am. Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458-59 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 102 | |
| 1972 | lindner | In re Lindner, 457 F.2d 506, 508 (CCPA 1972) | 103 | |
| 1972 | lintner | In re Lintner, 458 F.2d 1013, 1015 (CCPA 1972) | 103 | |
| 2009 | lister | In re Lister, 583 F.3d 1307, 1316-1317 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | prior art | |
| 1985 | litton | Litton Indus. Prods., Inc. v. Solid State Sys. Corp., 755 F.2d 158, 163 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 2005 | lizardtech | LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112(1) | |
| 1997 | lockwood | Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1997). | 112(1) | |
| 1963 | lohr | In re Lohr, 317 F.2d 388, 392 (CCPA 1963) | 103 | |
| 2012 | loughlin | Loughlin v. Ling, 103 USPQ2d 1413 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2011 | lovin | In re Lovin, 652 F.3d 1349, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | | |
| 1994 | lowry | In re Lowry, 32 F.3d 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | claim interpretation | |
| lucent | Lucent Tech., 580 F.3d at 1318 | | |
| 1971 | ludtke | In re Ludtke, 441 F.2d 660, 664 (CCPA 1971) | claim interpretation | |
| 1971 | lukach | In re Lukach, 442 F.2d 967, 968 (CCPA 1971) | 112(1) | |
| 1965 | luvisi | In re Luvisi, 342 F.2d 102, 106 (CCPA 1965) | 103 | |
| 1990 | lyell | Ex parte Lyell, 17 USPQ2d 1548, 1551 (1990) | 112(2) | |
| 1986 | mannesmann | Mannesmann Demag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Prods. Co., Inc., 793 F.2d 1279, 1282 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | claim interpretation | |
| 1993 | manziere | Ex parte Maziere, 27 USPQ2d 1705, 1706-07 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1993). | | |
| 1964 | mapelsden | In re Mapelsden, 329 F.2d 321, 322 (CCPA 1964) | | |
| 2011 | marine polymer | Marine Polymer Tech., Inc. v. Hemcon, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, 2011 WL 4435986 at *5 (Fed. Cir. September 26, 2011) | | |
| 1996 | markman | Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370, (1996) | claim interpretation | |
| 2005 | marley mouldings | Marley Mouldings Ltd. v. Mikron Industries Inc., 417 F.3d 1356, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112(2) | |
| 1983 | marosi | In re Marosi, 710 F.2d 799, 803 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 2004 | mars | Mars, Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Co., 377 F.3d 1369, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | martek | Martek Biosciences Corp. v. Nutrinova, Inc., 579 F.3d 1363, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | | |
| 1971 | marzocchi | In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d 220, 224 (CCPA 1971) | 112 | |
| 1998 | mas-hamilton | Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc., 156 F.3d 1206, 1213-15 (Fed. Cir. 1998). | 112(6) | |
| 1987 | masham | Ex parte Masham, 2 USPQ2d 1647 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1987) | claim interpretation | |
| 2006 | mass. inst. of tech. | Mass. Inst. of Tech. & Electronics for Imaging, Inc. v. Abacus Software, 462 F.3d 1344, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2006). | 112 | |
| 2005 | mathias | Ex parte Mathias, 84 USPQ2d 1276, 1279 (BPAI 2005) (informative) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | matthews | Matthews Int’l Corp. v. Biosafe Eng’g, LLC, 695 F.3d 1322, 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | fed. cir. | |
| 1976 | mayhew | In re Mayhew, 527 F.2d 1229 (CCPA 1976) | 112(1) | |
| 1997 | mayne | In re Mayne, 104 F.3d 1339, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 103 | |
| 2012 | mayo | Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs, Inc., 132 S.Ct 1289, 1300 (2012) | 101 | |
| 1891 | McClain | McClain v. Ortmayer, 141 U.S. 419, 429 (1891) | 103 | |
| 1898 | mccormick | McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co. v. C. Aultman & Co., 169 U.S. 606, 612 (1898) | fed cir | |
| 2001 | mcginley | McGinley v. Franklin Sports, Inc., 262 F.3d 1339, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 103 | |
| 1997 | mcgrew | In re McGrew, 120 F. 3d 1236 - Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit 1997 | 135(b) derivation | |
| 1969 | McGuire | In re McGuire, 416 F.2d 1322, 1327-28 (CCPA 1969) | prior art | |
| 1971 | McLaughlin | In re McLaughlin, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395 (CCPA 1971) | 103 | |
| 2003 | med. instrumentation | Med. Instrumentation and Diagnostics Corp. v. Elekta AB, 344 F.3d 1205, 1214 (Fed. Cir.2003) | 112(2)/112(6) | |
| 2010 | media techs | Media Techs. Licensing, LLC v. Upper Deck Co., 596 F.3d 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | | |
| 2003 | medical instrumentation | Medical Instrumentation and Diagnostics Corp. v. Elekta AB, 344 F.3d 1205, 1220 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 112 | |
| 2006 | medichem | Medichem, S.A. v. Rolabo, S.L., 437 F.3d 1157, 1165 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 103 | |
| 2006 | medtronic | Medtronic, Inc. v. Guidant Corp., 465 F.3d 1360, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 314 reexam | |
| 1999 | MEHL | MEHL/Biophile Int’l Corp. v. Milgraum, 192 F.3d 1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 102/103 | |
| 1977 | meitzner | Meitzner v. Mindick, 549 F.2d 775, 782 (CCPA 1977) | | |
| 2011 | mems tech | MEMS TECHNOLOGY BERHAD v. International Trade Commission, 447 Fed. Appx. 142, 151-53 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (unpublished) | claim interpretation | |
| 1993 | mentor | Mentor Corp. v. Coloplast, Inc., 998 F.2d 992, 995 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 251 | |
| 1986 | merck | In re Merck & Co., Inc., 800 F.2d 1091, 1097 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | 103 | |
| 1989 | merck | Merck & Co. v. Biocraft Labs., Inc., 874 F.2d 804, 806-09 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | 103 | |
| 2005 | merck | Merck & Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | metabolite | Metabolite Laboratories v. Laboratory Corp. of America, 370 F.3d 1354, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2004). | 112 | |
| 2013 | mewherter | Ex parte Mewherter, No. 2012-007692 (PTAB May 8, 2013) (precedential) | 101 | |
| 1982 | meyer | In re Meyer, 688 F.2d 789, 794 (CCPA 1982) | | |
| 2000 | meyers | B.E. Meyers & Co. v. United States, 56 USPQ2d 1110, 1116 (Ct. Fed. Cls. 2000) | | |
| 1947 | michalek | In re Michalek, 162 F.2d 229, 232 (CCPA 1947) | 103 | |
| 2008 | microprocessor | Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., 520 F.3d 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | prior art | |
| 2007 | microsoft | Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp., 550 U.S. 437, 449 (2007) | 101 | |
| 2015 | microsoft2 | Microsoft Corp. v. Proxyconn, Inc., 789 F.3d 1292, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2015) | claim interpretation | |
| 2002 | middleton | Middleton, Inc. v. Minn. Mining & Mfg. Co., 311 F.3d 1384, 1389 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | fed cir | |
| 1993 | miles labs | Miles Labs., Inc. v. Shandon, Inc., 997 F.2d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112 | |
| 1993 | miles labs | Miles Labs., Inc. v. Shandon, Inc., 997 F.2d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112(2) | |
| 1894 | miller | Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186, 197 (1894) | double patenting | |
| 1971 | miller labs. | In re Miller, 441 F.2d 689, 693 (CCPA 1971). | 112(2) | |
| 1969 | miller2 | In re Miller, 418 F.2d 1392, 1396 (CCPA 1969) | 101 | |
| 1894 | miller3 | Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186, 197 (1894) | 101 | |
| 1990 | mills | In re Mills, 916 F.2d 680, 682 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | 103 | |
| 1916 | minerals | Minerals Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261, 270 (1916) | 112 | |
| 2003 | minton | Minton v. Nat’l Ass’n of Sec. Dealers, Inc., 336 F.3d 1373, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | mintz | Mintz v. Dietz & Watson, Inc., 679 F.3d 1372, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2006 | MIT | MIT v. Abacus Software, 462 F.3d 1344, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 112(6) | |
| MIT2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. AB Fortia, 774 F.2d 1104, 1109 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | prior art | |
| 2008 | miyazaki | Ex Parte Kenichi Miyazaki, 89 USPQ2d 1207, 1211 (BPAI 2008) (precendential) | 112 | |
| 1982 | mlot-fijalkowski | In re Mlot-Fijalkowski, 676 F.2d 666, 670 n.5 (CCPA 1982) | | |
| 1996 | modine | Modine Mfg. Co. v. U.S. ITC, 75 F.3d 1545, 1554 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | 112(2) | |
| 1998 | monarch | Monarch Knitting Mach. Corp. v. Sulzer Morat GmbH, 139 F.3d 877, 881 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 103 | |
| 1998 | monarch knitting | Monarch Knitting Machinery Corp. v. Sulzer Morat GmbH, 139 F.3d 877, 881 (Fed. Cir.1998) | 103 | |
| 2010 | moncla | Ex Parte Moncla, 95 USPQ2d 1884, 1885 (BPAI 2010) (precedential) | | |
| 2013 | monolithic | Monolithic Power Sys., Inc. v. O2 Micro Int’l Ltd., 726 F.3d 1359, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 285 | |
| 2010 | monsanto | Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, 561 U.S. ___, ___, 130 S.Ct. 2743, 2754–55 (2010) | fed. cir. | |
| 2012 | montgomery | In re Montgomery, 677 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 102 | |
| 1971 | moore | In re Moore, 439 F.2d 1232, 1235 (CCPA 1971). | 112(2) | |
| 1997 | Morris | In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1056 (Fed. Cir. 1997). | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | morsa | In re Morsa, 713 F.3d 104, 109 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | prior art | |
| 1853 | morse | O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62, 112, 14 L.Ed. 601 (1853) | 112(1) | |
| 2011 | mostafazadeh | In re Shahram Mostafazadeh, 643 F.3d 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 251 | |
| 1984 | motorola | Motorola, Inc. v. Computer Displays, Int’l, Inc., 739 F.2d 1149, 1155 (7th Cir. 1984) | fed cir | |
| 2012 | moutette | In re Mouttet, 686 F.3d 1322, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2012 | mouttet | In re Mouttet, 686 F.3d 1322, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2012 | mouttete | In re Mouttet, 686 F.3d 1322, 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 1972 | mraz | In re Mraz, 455 F.2d 1069, 1072 (CCPA 1972) | prior art 102 | |
| 1970 | muchmore | In re Muchmore, 433 F.2d 824, 824–25 (CCPA 1970) | 103 | |
| 1983 | mulder | In re Mulder, 716 F.2d 1542, 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 102 | |
| 1973 | mullin | In re Mullin, 481 F.2d 1333, 1335 (CCPA 1973) | prior art 102 | |
| 1998 | multiform | Multiform Desiccants, Inc. v. Medzam Ltd., 133 F.3d 1473, 1477 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | claim interpretation | |
| 2014 | murata | Murata Mfg. Co., Ltd. v. Synqor, Inc., 2014 WL 1397381 *11-14 (PTAB Apr. 10, 2014) | 103 | |
| 1970 | musgrave | Application of Musgrave, 57 C.C.P.A. 1352, 431 F.2d 882, 893 (1970) | 112 | |
| 1969 | myers | In re Myers, 410 F.2d 420, 424 (CCPA 1969) | 103 | |
| 2013 | myriad | ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. MYRIAD GENETICS, INC., ET AL. | 101 | |
| 1956 | nash | In re Nash, 230 F.2d 428, 431 (CCPA 1956) | prior art | |
| 2004 | nat'l steel | Nat'l Steel Car, Ltd. v. Canadian Pac. Ry., Ltd., 357 F.3d 1319, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 103 | |
| 2014 | nautilus | Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 2129 (2014) | 112 | |
| Nazomi | Nazomi Commc'ns, Inc. v. Arm Holdings, PLC., 403 F.3d 1364, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | | |
| 2008 | nehls | Ex partes Nehls, 88 USPQ2d 1883, 1889 (BPAI 2008) (precedential) | 103 | |
| 1980 | nelson | Nelson v. Bowler, 626 F.2d 853, 856 (CCPA 1980) | 101 | |
| nerwin | Nerwin v. Erlichmann, 168 USPQ 177, 179 | | |
| 2008 | net moneyin | Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 1369-70 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 102 | |
| 2002 | netscape | Netscape Commc’ns Corp. v. Konrad, 295 F.3d 1315, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | prior art | |
| 1988 | newell | Newell Cos., Inc. v. Kenney Mfg. Co., 864 F.2d 757, 768 (Fed.Cir.1988) | 103 | |
| 1987 | newkirk | Newkirk v. Lulejian, 825 F.2d 1581, 1582 (Fed. Cir. 1987) | 102 | |
| 2004 | ngai | In re Ngai, 367 F.3d 1336, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 1973 | nievelt | In re Nievelt, 482 F.2d 965, 968 (CCPA 1973) | 103 | |
| 2012 | noah | Noah Sys., Inc. v. Intuit Inc., No. 2011-1390, 2012 WL 1150216 at *7 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 9, 2012) | 112(2)/112(6) | |
| 1975 | nomiya | In re Nomiya, 509 F.2d 566, 571n.5 (CCPA 1975) | prior art | |
| 2012 | norgren | Norgren v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 699 F.3d 1317, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | norian | Norian Corp. v. Stryker Corp., 363 F.3d 1321, 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 103 | |
| north american container | N. Am. Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Packaging, Inc., 415 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | | |
| 1993 | North American Vaccine | North American Vaccine, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co., 7 F.3d, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1993). | 112(1) | |
| 1990 | northern telecom | Northern Telecom, Inc. v. Datapoint Corporation, 908 F.2d 931, 937 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | prior art | |
| 2005 | novo | Novo Nordisk Pharms., Inc. v. Bio-Tech. Gen. Corp., 424 F.3d 1347, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | NTP | In re NTP, INC., 654 F.3d 1279, 1302 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 102/103 | |
| 2007 | nuijten | In re Nuijten, 500 F.3d 1346, 1353-54 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 101 | |
| 2005 | Nystrom | Nystrom v. TREX Co., Inc., 424 F.3d 1136, 1143 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 1988 | o'farrell | In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903 (Fed. Cir. 1988)) | 103 | |
| 2003 | oakley | Oakley, Inc. v. Sunglass Hut Int'l, 316 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 103 | |
| 2008 | oatey | Oatey Co. v. IPS Corp., 514 F.3d 1271, 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | claim interpretation | |
| 1995 | ochiai | In re Ochiai, 71 F.3d 1565, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | 103 | |
| 1971 | oda | In re Oda, 443 F.2d 1200 (CCPA 1971) | 112 | |
| 1999 | odetics | Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | | |
| 1981 | oelrich | In re Oelrich, 666 F.2d 578, 581 (Fed. Cir. 1981) | 102/103 | |
| 1992 | oetiker | In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1445 (Fed. Cir. 1992) | 103 | |
| ohshiro | Ex parte Ohshiro, 14 USPQ 2d 1750 (BPAI 1989) | | |
| 2001 | okajima | Okajima v. Bourdeau, 261 F.3d 1350,1355 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 103 | |
| 1954 | olson | In re Olson, 212 F.2d 590, 592 (CCPA 1954) | prior art | |
| 2003 | omega | Omega Eng’g, Inc. v. Raytek Corp., 334 F.3d 1314, 1323–24 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 112(1) | |
| omeprazole | In re Omeprazole Patent Litig., v. Andrx Pharms, Inc., 483 F.3d 1364, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | | |
| 2006 | optivus | Optivus Tech., Inc. v. Ion Beam Appl’ns S.A., 469 F.3d 978, 989-90 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 103 | |
| 2007 | ormco | Ormco Corp. v. Align Tech., Inc., 498 F.3d 1307, 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 2006 | ormco2 | Ormco Corp. v. Align Technology, Inc., 463 F.3d 1299, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 103 | |
| 2007 | ortho-mcneil | Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., 476 F.3d 1321, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2007). | claim interpretation | |
| 1986 | orthokinetics | Orthokinetics, Inc. v. Safety Travel Chairs, Inc., 806 F.2d 1565 (Fed. Cir. 1986), | 112(2) | |
| 1983 | orthopedic | Orthopedic Equip. Co. v. United States, 702 F.2d 1005, 1013 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 2012 | OSRAM | OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. v. Am. Induction Techs., Inc., 701 F.3d 698, 706 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 102 | |
| 2012 | otsuka | Otsuka Pharm. Co. Ltd. v. Sandoz Inc., 678 F.3d 1280, 1291 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 1963 | otto | In re Otto, 312 F.2d 937, 939 (CCPA 1963) | claim interpretation | |
| 1992 | ovshinsky | In re Ovshinsky, 24 USPQ2d 1241 (Comm'r Pat. 1992) | appellate procedure | |
| 2014 | packard | In re Packard, 2013-1204, 2014 WL 1775996, at *3 (Fed. Cir. May 6, 2014). | 112 | |
| 1995 | pall corp | Pall Corp. v. Micron Separations, Inc., 66 F.3d 1211, 1217 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | claim interpretation | |
| 1999 | pall corp. | Pall Corp. v. Hemasure Inc., 181 F.3d 1305, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | fed cir prosecution history estoppel | |
| palmquist | In re Palmquist, 319 F.2d 547 (CCPA 1963) | | |
| 1986 | paperless | Paperless Accounting, Inc. v. Bay Area Rapid Transit System, 804 F.2d 659, 663 (Fed. Cir. 1986) | appellate procedure | |
| 1963 | papesch | In re Papesch, 315 F.2d 381, 391 (CCPA 1963) | 103 | |
| 1986 | papst-motoren | Ex parte Papst-Motoren, 1 USPQ2d 1655 (BPAI 1986) | claim interpretation | |
| 2014 | par pharmaceutical | PAR Pharm., Inc. v. TWI Pharm., Inc., 773 F.3d 1186, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 102/103 | |
| 1995 | para-ordnance | Para-Ordnance Mfg., Inc. v. SGS Importers Int'l, Inc., 73 F.3d 1085, 1088 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | prior art | |
| 2009 | paragon | Paragon Solutions, LLC v. Timex Corp., 566 F.3d 1075, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | claim interpretation | |
| 1978 | parker | Parker v. Flook, 437 U.S. 584, 591, 98 S.Ct. 2522, 57 L.Ed.2d 451 (1978) | 101 | |
| 1970 | passal | In re Passal, 426 F.2d 409, 412 (CCPA 1970) | 103 | |
| 2014 | patel | In re Patel, 566 F.App'x 1005, 1010 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (unpubliched). reh'g denied (Sept. 30, 2014) | 103 | |
| Patent Subject Matter Eligibility | | | |
| 1985 | patlex | Patlex Corp. v. Mossinghoff, 758 F.2d 594, 601 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | fed cir | |
| 1994 | paulsen | In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1480 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | 102/103 claim interpretation | |
| pearson | In re Pearson, 494 F.2d 1399, 1405 (CCPA 1974) | | |
| 1985 | pentec | Pentec, Inc. v. Graphic Controls Corp., 776 F.2d 309, 315 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 2009 | perfect web | Perfect Web [Tech., Inc. v. InfoUSA, Inc., 587 F.3d 1324, 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 2012 | perkinelmer | Perkinelmer, Inc. v. Intema Ltd., 2012 WL 5861658, *5 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 101 | |
| perreira | Perreira v. Secretary of the Dept. of HHS, 33 F.3d 1375, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | | |
| 2005 | perricone | Perricone v. Medicis Pharm. Corp., 432 F.3d 1368, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 102/103 | |
| 1998 | personalized | Personalized Media Commc’ns, LLC v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 161 F.3d 696, 703-04 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 112 | |
| 1962 | petering | In re Petering, 301 F.2d 676, 681 (CCPA 1962) | 102 | |
| 2003 | peterson | In re Peterson, 315 F.3d 1325, 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 103 | |
| 1998 | pfaff | Pfaff v. Wells Elecs., Inc., 525 U.S. 55, 67 (1998) | prior art | |
| 2006 | pfizer | Pfizer, Inc. v. Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd., 457 F.3d 1284, 1292 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | pfizer2 | Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 480 F.3d 1348, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 2008 | pfizer3 | Pfizer, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 518 F. 3d 1353, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | double patenting | |
| 2007 | pharmastem | PharmaStem Therapeutics, Inc. v. ViaCell, Inc., 491 F.3d 1342, 1364 (Fed Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 2005 | philips | Philips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc) | claim interpretation | |
| 2005 | Phillips | Phillips v. AWH Corp, 415 F.3d 1303, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 1984 | piasecki | In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 103 | |
| 1993 | pioneer | Pioneer Inv. Serv. Co. v Brunswick Assoc., 507 U.S. 380, 396-97 (1993) | 103 | |
| 1999 | pitney bowes | Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 182 F.3d 1298, 1305 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | claim interpretation | |
| 2014 | planet bingo | Planet Bingo, LLC v. VKGS LLC, 576 Fed. Appx. 1005, 1008 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 101 | |
| 2003 | plant genetic | Plant Genetic Systems, N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 112(1) | |
| 2013 | plantronics | Plantronics, Inc. v. Aliph, Inc., 724 F.3d 1343, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | 103 | |
| 2005 | Playtex | Playtex Products, Inc. v. Procter & Gamble Co., 400 F.3d 901, 907 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| polyvision | PolyVision Corp. v. Smart Technologies Inc., 501 F.Supp. 2d 1042 (W.D. Mich. 2007) | | |
| 1992 | porter | In re Porter, 25 USPQ2d 1144, 1147 (BPAI 1992) | 112 | |
| 2011 | porter | Porter v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 663 F. 3d 1242, 1264 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 103 | |
| 2012 | pozen | Pozen Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 696 F.3d 1151, 1165 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 1998 | PPG | PPG Indus. Inc. v. Guardian Indus. Corp., 156 F.3d 1351, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | claim interpretation | |
| 1969 | prater | Prater, In re, 415 F.2d 1393, 162 USPQ 541 (CCPA 1969) | 112(6) | |
| praxair | Praxair, Inc. v. ATMI, Inc., 543 F.3d 1306, 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | | |
| 1968 | preda | In re Prada, 401 F.2d 825. 826 (CCPA 1968) | 103 | |
| 2003 | prima tek | Prima Tek II, L.L.C. v. Polypap, S.A.R.L., 318 F.3d 1143, 1148 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| princeton biochemicals | Princeton Biochemicals, Inc. v. Beckman Coulter, Inc., 411 F.3d 1332, 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | | |
| 1999 | process control | Process Control Corp. v. HydReclaim Corp., 190 F.3d 1350, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 112(1)/101 | |
| prometheus | Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S.Ct 1289 (2012) | | |
| 2011 | psystar | Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corp., 658 F.3d 1150, 1162 (9th Cir. 2011) | prior art | |
| pullman-standard | Pullman-Standard v. Swint, 456 U.S. 273, 291 (1982) | | |
| 2000 | purdue pharma | Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Faulding, Inc., 230 F.3d 1320, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | 112(1) | |
| pure water | Innova/Pure Water Inc. v. Safari Water Filtration Sys. Inc., 381 F.3d 1111, 72 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2173.05(g) | | |
| 2014 | Q.I. Press | Q.I. Press Controls, B.V. v. Lee, - F.3d -, 2014 WL 2565995, *6 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 112 | |
| 1984 | railroad dynamics | Railroad Dynamics, Inc. v. Stuki Co., 579 F. Supp. 353, 363 (E.D. Pa. 1983), aff’d 727 F.2d 1506 (Fed. Cir. 1984), cert. denied 105 U.S. 220 (1984). | 103 | |
| 2012 | rambus | In re Rambus, Inc., 694 F.3d 42, 50 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 2006 | ranbaxy | Pfizer Inc. v. Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd., 457 F.3d 1284, 1292 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 112(4) | |
| randall mfg. | Randall Mfg. v. Rea, 733 F.3d 1355, 1363 Fn 3 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | | |
| rasmussen | In re Rasmussen, 650 F.2d 1212, 1215 (CCPA 1981) | | |
| rasmusson | Rasmusson v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 413 F.3d 1318, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | | |
| 1959 | ratti | In re Ratti, 270 F.2d 810, 813 (CCPA 1959) | 103 | |
| raytek | Omega Engineering, Inc, v. Raytek Corp., 334 F.3d 1314, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | | |
| 1983 | raytheon | Raytheon Co. v. Roper Corp., 724 F.2d 951, 956 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 112(1)/101 | |
| 1984 | reading and bates | Reading & Bates Constr. Co. v. Baker Energy Resources Corp., 748 F.2d 645, 652, 223 USPQ 1168, 1173 (Fed.Cir. 1984) | | |
| 1950 | reid | In re Reid, 179 F.2d 998, 1002 (CCPA 1950) | 103 | |
| 2000 | reiffin | Reiffin v. Microsoft Corp., 214 F.3d 1342, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2000). | 112 | |
| 1990 | remark | Ex parte Remark, 15 USPQ2d 1498, 1502-03 (BPAI 1990) | 103 | |
| 2011 | rembrandt | Rembrandt Data Techs., LP v. AOL, LLC, 641 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 112(2) | |
| 1998 | renishaw | Renishaw PLC v. Marposs Societa’ per Azioni, 158 F.3d 1243, 1250 (Fed Cir. 1998) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | research corp | Research Corp. Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 101 | |
| 2010 | research corp. | Research Corp. Techs, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 101 | |
| 2010 | researchcorp. | Research Corp. Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859, 869 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 101 | |
| 2010 | resqnet | ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., 594 F.3d 860, 865-66 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | prior art | |
| 1981 | reuter | In re Reuter, 670 F.2d 1015, 1023 (CCPA 1981) | | |
| 2001 | rexnord | Rexnord Corp. v. Laitram Corp., 274 F.3d 1336, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | claim interpretation | |
| 1965 | rice | In re Rice, 341 F.2d 309, 314 (CCPA 1965) | 103 | |
| 1997 | richardson-vicks | Richardson-Vicks, Inc. v. The Upjohn Co., 122 F.3d 1476, 1483 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | | |
| 1983 | richdel | Richdel, Inc. v. Sunspool Corp., 714 F.2d 1573, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 2008 | ricoh | Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Quanta Computer, Inc., 550 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 103 | |
| 1976 | rinehart | In re Rinehart,531 F.2d 1048, 1052, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA 1976) | 103 | |
| 1952 | rishoi | In re Rishoi, 197 F.2d 342, 344-45 (CCPA 1952) | 103 | |
| 2003 | riverwood | Riverwood Int'l Corp. v. R.A. Jones & Co., Inc., 324 F.3d 1346, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | prior art | |
| 1875 | roberts | Roberts v. Ryer, 91 U.S. 150, 157 [] (1875) | claim interpretation | |
| 1999 | robertson | In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745, 49 USPQ2d 1949, 1950-51 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 102/103 | |
| 1997 | robotic | Robotic Vision Sys., Inc. v. View Eng'g, Inc., 112 F.3d 1163, 1165 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 102 | |
| 2004 | rochester | University of Rochester v. G.D. Searle & Co., Inc., 358 F.3d 916 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112 | |
| 1999 | rodime | Rodime PLC v. Seagate Technology, Inc., 174 F.3d 1294, 1302 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 112 | |
| 2009 | rodriguez | Ex Parte Rodriguez, 92 USPQ2d 1395, 1401-02 (BPAI 2009) | 112 | |
| 1997 | rohm and haas | Rohm and Hass Co. v. Brotech Corp., 127 F.3d 1089, 1092 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 103 | |
| 2010 | rolls-royce | Rolls-Royce, PLC v. United Technologies Corp., 603 F.3d 1325, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 103 | |
| 2002 | rosco | Rosco, Inc. v. Mirror Lite Co., 304 F.3d 1373, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 102 | |
| 1955 | rose | In re Rose, 220 F.2d 459, 463 (CCPA 1955) | 103 | |
| 1996 | roton barrier | Roton Barrier, Inc. v. Stanley Works, 79 F.3d 1112, 1126 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | claim interpretation | |
| 1998 | rouffet | In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 103 | |
| 1959 | rubin | Ex parte Rubin, 128 USPQ 440 (BPAI 1959) | 103 | |
| 1958 | ruff | In re Ruff, 256 F.2d 590, 596-96 (CCPA 1958) | 103 | |
| 1967 | ruschig | In re Ruschig, 379 F.2d 990, 995 (CCPA 1967) | 112(1) | |
| 1931 | russell | In re Russell, 48 F.2d 668 (CCPA 1931) | 101 | |
| 2001 | S3 | S3 Inc. v. nVIDIA Corp., 259 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 112(2) | |
| 2006 | saab | Saab Cars USA, Inc. v. U.S., 434 F.3d 1359, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | 103 | |
| 1931 | sachs | Sachs v. Wadsworth, 48 F.2d 928, 929, 18 C.C.P.A. 1284 (C.C.P.A.1931) | prior art | |
| 1976 | sakraida | Sakraida v. Ag Pro, Inc., 425 U.S. 273, 282 (1976) | 103 | |
| 1978 | samour | In re Samour, 571 F.2d 559, 562, 197 USPQ 1, 4 (CCPA 1978) | | |
| 2007 | sandisk | SanDisk Corp. v. STMicroelectronics, Inc., 480 F.3d 1372, 1380–81 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | claim interpretation | |
| 2008 | sanofi | Sanofi-Synthelabo v. Apotex Inc., 550 F.3d 1075, 1083 (Fed, Cir. 2008) | 102 | |
| 2014 | sanofi-aventis | Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Glenmark Pharmaceutical, 748 F.3d 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 103 | |
| 2012 | santarus | Santaurus, Inc. v. ParPharm., Inc. 694 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 112(1) | |
| 1980 | sasse | In re Sasse, 629 F.2d 675, 681 (CCPA 1980) | prior art | |
| 2007 | saunders | Saunders Grp., Inc. v. Comfortrac, Inc., 492 F.3d 1326, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | fed cir | |
| 1999 | scaltech | Scaltech Inc. v. Retec/Tetra L.L.C., 178 F.3d 1378, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | | |
| 2004 | scanner | Scanner Tech. Corp. v. ICOS Vision Sys. Corp., N.V., 365 F.3d 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | schaefer | Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharmaceuticals, 339 F. 3d 1373, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | | |
| 1978 | schauman | In re Schaumann, 572 F.2d 312, 317 (CCPA 1978) | prior art | |
| 1978 | schaumann | In re Schaumann, 572 F.2d 312, 317 (CCPA 1978) | prior art | |
| 1978 | scheiber | In re Scheiber, 587 F.2d 59, 62 (CCPA 1978) | 112(1) | |
| 1983 | schenck | Carl Schenck, A.G. v. Nortron Corp., 713 F.2d 782, 785 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 2003 | schering | Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharm., 339 F.3d 1373, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 102 | |
| 1997 | schreiber | In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | claim interpretation | |
| 1983 | schriber-schroth | In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1548 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | claim interpretation | |
| 1965 | schulze | In re Schulze, 346 F.2d 600, 602 (CCPA 1965) | | |
| 2002 | schumer | Schumer v. Lab. Computer Sys., Inc., 308 F.3d 1304, 1311 (Fed. Cir 2002) | claim interpretation | |
| 2014 | scientific plastic | Scientific Plastic Prods., Inc. v. Biotage AB, 766 F.3d 1355, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 103 | |
| 1963 | scott | In re Scott, 323 F.2d 1016 (CCPA 1963) | | |
| 2005 | seachange | Seachange Intern., Inc. v. C-COR, Inc. 413 F.3d 1361, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 102 | |
| 2004 | searle | Univ. of Rochester v. G.D. Searle & Co., 358 F.3d 916, 922 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | 112(1) | |
| 1984 | seattle box | Seattle Box Co., v. Indus. Crating & Packing, Inc., 731 F.2d 818, 826 (Fed. Cir. 1984) | 112(2) | |
| 1972 | sebek | Application of Sebek, 465 F.2d 904, 907 (CCPA 1972) | 103 | |
| 1947 | seid | In re Seid, 161 F.2d 229, 231 (CCPA 1947) | 103 | |
| 1982 | self | In re Self, 671 F.2d 1344, 1348 (CCPA 1982) | claim interpretation | |
| 1996 | sensonics | Sensonics, Inc. v. Aerosonic Corp., 81 F.3d 1566, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | 103 | |
| 2007 | serenkin | In re Serenkin, 479 F.3d 1359, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 251 | |
| 1983 | sernaker | In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d 989, 991 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | claim interpretation | |
| 1997 | serrano | Serrano v. Telular Corp., 111 F.3d 1578, 1582 (Fed. Cir. 1997) | 112 | |
| 1973 | seversky | In re Seversky, 474 F.2d 671, 674 (CCPA 1973) | prior art | |
| 1994 | sewall | Sewall v. Walters, 21 F.3d 411, 415, 30 USPQ2d 1356, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | interference | |
| 2007 | shealy | Ex parte Shealy, No. 2006-1601, at 36 (BPAI Apr. 23, 2007) (informative) | 101 | |
| 1966 | shuman | In re Shuman, 361 F.2d 1008, 1012 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 2000 | SIBIA | SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharm. Corp., 225 F.3d 1349, 1358 (Fed.Cir. 2000) | 103 | |
| 1967 | siebentritt | In re Siebentritt, 372 F.2d 566, 568 (CCPA 1967) | 103 | |
| 1982 | simpson | Simpson, Ex parte, 218 USPQ 1020 (Bd. App. 1982) | 112 | |
| 1945 | sinclair | Sinclair & Carroll co. v. International Corp., 325 U.S. 327 (1945) | 103 | |
| 1962 | sinex | In re Sinex, 309 F.2d 488, 492 (CCPA 1962) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | sirf | SiRF Technology, Inc. v. International Trade Com’n, 601 F.3d 1319, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 101 | |
| 2007 | sivaramakrishnan | Saunders Group, Inc. v. Comfortrac, Inc., 492 F.3d, 1326, 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | | |
| 1988 | sjolund | Sjolund v. Musland, 847 F.2d 1573, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | claim interpretation | |
| 1975 | skoll | In re Skoll, 523 F.2d 1392 (CCPA1975) | | |
| 1975 | skoner | In re Skoner, 517 F.2d 947, 950 (CCPA 1975) | 103 | |
| 2009 | skvorecz | In re Skvorecz, 580 F.3d 1262, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | claim interpretation | |
| 1987 | slimfold | Slimfold Mfg. Co. v. Kinkead Indus., Inc., 810 F.2d 1113, 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1987) | | |
| 2008 | smith | Ex parte Smith et al., (BPAI Nov. 17, 2008) | | |
| 2005 | smithkline | SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp., 403 F.3d 1331, 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | 112 | |
| 1983 | sneed | In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 103 | |
| 2010 | SNQ | Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings, 75 Fed. Reg. 36357-58 (Dep’t of Commerce, June 25, 2010) | | |
| 2000 | solomon | Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 216 F.3d 1372, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | 112(2) | |
| 1995 | soni | In re Soni, 54 F.3d 745, 751 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | 103 | |
| 1995 | southwall | Southwall Technologies, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co., 54 F.3d 1570, 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1995) | 305 | |
| 1990 | spada | In re Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 708 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | claim interpretation | |
| 1988 | specialty | Specialty Composites v. Cabot Corp., 845 F.2d 981, 991 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | | |
| 2011 | spectralytics | Spectralytics, Inc. v Cordis Corp., 99 USPQ2d 1012, 1017 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | | |
| 1998 | spectrum | Spectrum Int’l, Inc. v. Sterilite Corp., 164 F.3d 1372, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | fed cir | |
| 1938 | spitzglass | In re Spitzglass, 96 F.2d 1002, 1005 (CCPA 1938) | 112 | |
| 1962 | sporck | In re Sporck, 301 F.2d 686, 690 (CCPA 1962) | 103 | |
| 1966 | spormann | In re Spormann, 363 F.2d 444, 448 (CCPA 1966) | | |
| 2008 | sri | SRI Int’l, Inc. v. Internet Sec. Sys., Inc., 511 F.3d 1186, 1196-97 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | prior art | |
| sri | SRI Int'l v. Matsushita Elec. Corp. of Am., 775 F.2d 1107, 1121 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (en banc) | claim interpretation | |
| 1977 | st. regis | St. Regis Paper Co. v. Bemis Co., 549 F.2d 833 (7thCir. 1977) | 103 | |
| 2012 | staats | In re Staats, 671 F.3d 1350, 1355-56 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 251 | |
| 1991 | standard havens | Standard Havens Prods., Inc. v. Gencor Indus., Inc., 953 F.2d 1360, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 102 | |
| 1988 | standish | Ex parte Standish, 10 USPQ2d 1454, 1458 (BPAI 1988) | | |
| 2008 | star sci. | Star Sci., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 537 F.3d 1357, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | | |
| 1962 | steele | In re Steele, 305 F.2d 859, 862 (CCPA 1962) | 112(2)/103 | |
| 1957 | stempel | Stempel, In re, 241 F.2d 755, 113 USPQ 77 (CCPA 1957) | 112(1) | |
| 1987 | stencel | In re Stencel, 828 F.2d 751, 754 (Fed. Cir. 1987) | | |
| 2011 | stepan | In re Stepan, 660 F. 3d 1341, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | appellate procedure | |
| 1934 | sterling | In re Sterling, 70 F.2d 910, 912 (CCPA 1934) | 101 | |
| 2003 | storage tech. | Storage Tech. Corp. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., 329 F.3d 823, 831 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | | |
| 1982 | strahilevitz | In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (CCPA 1982) | 112(1)/103 | |
| 2008 | strick | Strick v. Dreamworks, 516 F.3d 993, 999 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | | |
| 2007 | stumbo | Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | claim interpretation | |
| 2009 | sud-chemie | Süd-Chemie, Inc. v. Multisorb Technologies, Inc., 554 F.3d 1001, 1009 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | 103 | |
| 2014 | suffolk | Suffolk Techs., LLC v. AOL Inc., No. 2013-1392, 2014 WL 2179274, at *5-6 (Fed. Cir. May 27, 2014) | prior art | |
| 2010 | suitco surface | In re Suitco Surface, Inc., 603 F.3d 1255, 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 2007 | sullivan | In re Sullivan, 498 F.3d 1345, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 103 | |
| 2008 | sundance | Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating Ltd., 550 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 103 | |
| 2003 | sunrace | SunRace Roots Enterprise co., Ltd. v. SRAM Corp., 336 F.3d 1298, 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | claim interpretation | |
| 2004 | superguide | SuperGuide Corp. v. DirecTV Enters., Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004) | claim interpretation | |
| 2014 | superior industries | Superior Industries, Inc. v. Masaba, Inc., 553 Fed.Appx. 986, 991 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | claim interpretation | |
| 1971 | susi | In re Susi, 440 F.2d 442, 445 (CCPA 1971) | 103 | |
| 2008 | swanson | In re Swanson, 540 F.3d 1368, 1380 (2008) | reexam | |
| 1971 | swinehart | In re Swinehart, 439 F.2d 210, 212 (CCPA 1971) | 102/103/112(2) | |
| 2008 | symantec | Symantec Corp. v. Computer Assocs. Int’l, Inc., 522 F.3d 1279, 1288-89 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | | |
| 1991 | symbol tech. | Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | | |
| 2005 | syntex | Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC v. Apotex, Inc., 407 F.3d 1371, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | | |
| 2007 | takeda | Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty. Ltd., 492 F.3d 1350, 1357 (Fed. Cir 2007) | 103 | |
| 2014 | takeda | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. v. Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 743 F.3d 1359, 1366-1367 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | 112(2) | |
| 2011 | tanaka | In re Tanaka, 640 F. 3d 1246 (Fed Cir 2011) | | |
| 1965 | tanczyn | In re Tanczyn, 347 F.2d 830, 832 (C.C.P.A 1965) | 112(1) | |
| 1987 | tandon | Tandon Corp. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 831 F.2d 1017, 1023 (Fed.Cir.1987). | | |
| 2005 | TAP | TAP Pharm. Prods., Inc. v. Owl Pharms., L.L.C., 419 F.3d 1346, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2005) | claim interpretation | |
| 2002 | tate access | Tate Access Floors, Inc. v. Interface Architectural Res., Inc., 279 F.3d 1357, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | claim interpretation | |
| 1999 | tec air | Tec Air, Inc. v. Denso Mfg. Mich. Inc., 192 F.3d 1353, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 103 | |
| 2009 | techradium | Techradium, Inc. v. Blackboard Connect, Inc., 2009 WL 1152985, *4 n.5 (E.D. Tex. 2009). | 103 | |
| 2011 | telcordia | Typhoon Touch Techs., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | prior art | |
| 2010 | telecordia | Telcordia Techs., Inc. v Cisco Sys., Inc., 612 F.3d 1365, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | prior art | |
| 2001 | telemac | Telemac Cellular Corp. v. Topp Telecom, Inc., 247 F.3d 1316, 1328, 58 USPQ2d 1545, 1553 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 102 | |
| 2014 | tempo lighting | Tempo Lighting, Inc. v. Tivoli, LLC, 742 F.3d 973, 977 (Fed. Cir. 2014) | claim interpretation | |
| 2015 | teva | Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 831, 835 (2015) | 103 | |
| 2002 | texas digital | Tex. Digital Sys. Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc., 308 F.3d 1193, 1203 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | | |
| 1993 | texas instruments | Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 988 F.2d 1165, 1172 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | claim interpretation | |
| 2011 | theodore roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation P’ship v. Salazar, 661 F.3d 66, 72 (D.C. Cir. 2011) | fed. cir. | |
| 2010 | therasense | Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 593 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 102 | |
| 1969 | thibault | Ex parte Thibault, 164 USPQ 666, 667 (Bd. App. 1969) | 103 | |
| 1976 | thompson | In re Thompson, 545 F.2d 1290, 1294 (CCPA 1976) | 103 | |
| 2012 | thorner | Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America L.L.C., 669 F.3d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 1985 | thorpe | In re Thorpe, 777 F.2d 695, 697 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 102/103 | |
| 2010 | three-dimensional | Ex Parte Three-Dimensional Media Group. Ltd. No. 2009-0040087 , 2010 WL 3017280 (BPAI 2010) (non-precedential) | claim interpretation | |
| 2002 | thrift | In re Thrift, 298 F.3d 1357, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 103 | |
| 1971 | tiffin | In re Tiffin, 443 F.2d 394 (CCPA 1971), modified on reh’g, 448 F.2d 791 (CCPA 1971) | 103 | |
| 1985 | titanium | Titanium Metals Corp. v. Banner, 778 F.2d 775 (Fed. Cir. 1985) | 103 | |
| 2011 | tokai | Tokai Corp. v. Easton Enters., Inc., 632 F.3d 1358, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 103 | |
| 1939 | toledo | Toledo Pressed Steel Co. v. Standard Parts, Inc., 307 U.S. 350, 356 (1939) | 103 | |
| 1966 | tomlinson | In re Tomlinson, 363 F.2d 928, 934 (CCPA 1966) | 103 | |
| 1892 | topliff | Topliff v. Topliff, 145 U.S. 156, 171 (1892) | reissue | |
| 2012 | toshiba | Toshiba Corp. v. Imation Corp., 681 F.3d 1358, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | fed cir | |
| 2007 | trans texas | In re Trans Texas Holdings Corp., 498 F.3d 1290, 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | claim interpretation | |
| 2002 | transclean | Transclean Corp. v. Bridgewood Servs., Inc., 290 F.3d 1364, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 102 | |
| 1994 | transco | Transco Products Inc. v. Performance Contracting, Inc., 38 F.3d 551, 556(Fed. Cir. 1994) | | |
| 2007 | translogic | In re Translogic Tech., Inc., 504 F.3d 1249, 1256 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | transocean | Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc., 699 F.3d 1340, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 103 | |
| 2008 | trimed | TriMed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp., 514 F.3d 1256, 1259 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 112 | |
| 2002 | trintec | Trintec Indus., Inc. v. Top-U.S.A. Corp., 295 F.3d 1292, 1295 (Fed. Cir. 2002) | 102/103 | |
| 1998 | tronzo | Tronzo v. Biomet, Inc., 156 F.3d 1154, 1159 (Fed. Cir. 1998) | 112(1) | |
| 2001 | turbocare | TurboCare Div. of Demag Delaval Turbomachinery Corp. v. General Elec. Co., 264 F.3d 1111, 1118 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 112(1) | |
| 1962 | turlay | In re Turlay, 304 F.2d 893, 899 (CCPA 1962) | 102 | |
| 2011 | typhoon | Typhoon Touch Techs., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | prior art | |
| 2011 | typhoon touch | Typhoon Touch Tech., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380-81 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | prior art | |
| 1945 | ullstrand | Ullstrand v. Coons, 147 F.2d 698, 700 (CCPA 1945) | claim interpretation | |
| 2014 | ultramercial | Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC, 772 F.3d 709, 716 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2014) | 101 | |
| 1969 | umbarger | In re Umbarger, 407 F.2d 425, 430-31 (CCPA 1969) | 103 | |
| 2011 | unigene | Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011) | 103 | |
| 2000 | union oil | Union Oil Co. of Cal. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 208 F.3d 989, 997 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | 112(1) | |
| 2001 | union pac. | Union Pac. Res. Co. v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., 236 F.3d 684, 692 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | | |
| 1991 | unique concepts | Unique Concepts, Inc. v. Brown, 939 F.2d 1558, 1562 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 103 | |
| 1988 | uniroyal | Uniroyal, Inc., v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 1052 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | | |
| 2009 | univ. of pittsburgh | University of Pittsburgh v. Hedrick, 573 F.3d 1290, 1296 (Fed. Cir. 2009) | claim interpretation | |
| 2013 | uship | Uship Intellectual Props., LLC v. United States, 714 F.3d 1311, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2013) | claim interpretation | |
| 1991 | vaeck | In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 112 | |
| 2010 | vaidyanathan | In re Vaidyanathan, 381 Fed. Appx. 985, 994 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (non-precedential) | 103 | |
| 1993 | valmont | Valmont Indus. Inc. v. Reinke Mfg. Co., 983 F.2d 1039, 1042 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112(6) | |
| 1982 | van ornum | In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 943-4 (CCPA 1982) | double patenting | |
| 1991 | vas-cath | Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 112(1) | |
| 2000 | vehicular | Vehicular Techs. Corp. v. Titan Wheel Int’l, Inc., 212 F.3d 1377, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2000) | claim interpretation | |
| 2003 | velander | Velander v. Garner, 348 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2003) | 103 | |
| 1958 | venner | In re Venner, 262 F.2d 91, 95 (CCPA 1958) | 103 | |
| 2006 | ventana | Ventana Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biogenex Labs., Inc., 473 F.3d 1173, 1181 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | | |
| 1987 | verdegaal | Verdegaal Bros. v. Union Oil Co. of California, 814 F.2d 628, 631 (Fed. Cir. 1987) | 102 | |
| 2007 | verizon | Verizon Servs. Corp. v. Vonage Holdings Corp., 503 F.3d 1295, 1305 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | verizon | Verizon Servs. Corp. v. Cox Fibernet Va., Inc., 602 F.3d 1325, 1336–37 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 102 | |
| 2015 | versata | Versata Dev. Grp., Inc. v. SAP Am., Inc., 793 F.3d 1306, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2510 (2016) | 101 | |
| 1996 | vitronics | Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic, Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 1585 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | claim interpretation | |
| 1999 | vivid | Vivid Technologies, Inc. v. Am. Sci. & Eng’g, Inc., 200 F.3d 795, 803 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | vizio | Vizio, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 605 F.3d 1330, 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | claim interpretation | |
| 1970 | vogel | In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 441 (CCPA 1970) | double patenting | |
| 1977 | voss | In re Voss, 557 F.2d 812, 816 n.11 (CCPA 1977) | appellate procedure | |
| 1983 | W.L. Gore | W.L. Gore & Assocs. v. Garlock, Inc., 721 F.2d 1540, 1554 (Fed. Cir. 1983) | 102/103 | |
| 1948 | waite | In re Waite, 168 F.2d 104 (CCPA 1948) | 103 | |
| 1994 | waldemar | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. v. Osteonics Corp., 32 F.3d 556, 558 (Fed. Cir. 1994) | | |
| 1988 | wands | In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 1988) | 112/103 | |
| 1993 | wang | Wang Labs., Inc. v. Toshiba Corp., 993 F.2d 858, 866 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | | |
| warner | | 103 | |
| weber | | | |
| webster loom | | 112 | |
| 2008 | welker | Welker Bearing Co. v. PHD, Inc., 550 F.3d 1090, 1096 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 112(6) | |
| 2008 | welker bearing | Welker Bearing Co. v. PHD, Inc., 550 F.3d 1090, 1096 (Fed. Cir. 2008) | 112(6) | |
| wellman | | 112(1) | |
| 1976 | wertheim | In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 269 (CCPA 1976) | claim interpretation/112 | |
| wesslau | | 103/prior art | |
| whittaker | | | |
| williamson | | 112(6) | |
| 1970 | wilson | Wilson, In re, 424 F.2d 1382, 165 USPQ 494, (CCPA 1970) | 103/112(2) | |
| 1963 | wilson1 | In re Wilson, 312 F.2d 449 (CCPA 1963) | prior art | |
| winner int'l | | 103 | |
| wiseman | | | |
| 1999 | WMS | WMS Gaming, Inc. v. Int’l Game Tech., 184 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 1999) | 112(2)/112(6) | |
| 1979 | wood | In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036 (CCPA 1979) | prior art | |
| 2006 | woodland trust | Medichem S.A. v. Rolabo, S.L., 437 F.3d 1157, 1170 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | prior art | |
| 1990 | woodruff | In re Woodruff, 919 F.2d 1575, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1990) | 103 | |
| 1993 | wright3 | Wright, In re, 999 F.2d 1557, 27 USPQ2d 1510 (Fed. Cir. 1993) | 112(1) | |
| 2012 | wrigley | Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. v. Cadbury Adams USA LLC, 683 F.3d 1356, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 102 | |
| 1981 | wyer | In re Wyer, 655 F.2d 221, 226 (CCPA 1981) | prior art | |
| 2010 | wyers | Wyers v. Master Lock Co., 616 F.3d 1231, 1238 (Fed. Cir. 2010) | 103 | |
| 2011 | xiao | IN RE JIE XIAO No. 2011-1195, Serial No. 11/161,741 (Fed. Cir. 2011) non-precedential | claim interpretation | |
| 1984 | yamamoto | Yamamoto, In re, 740 F.2d 1569, 222 USPQ 934 (Fed. Cir.1984) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | yamazaki | In re Shunpei YAMAZAKI, 702 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | 251 | |
| 1973 | yanush | In re Yanush, 477 F.2d 958, 959 (CCPA 1973) | claim interpretation | |
| 1981 | yates | In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056 (CCPA 1981) | 103 | |
| 2012 | yeoman | In re Yeoman, 679 F.3d 1335, 1345 (Federal Circuit 2012) | reissue | |
| 1974 | yoder | In re Yoder, 204 Ct. Cl. 931 (Ct. Cl. 1974) | evidence | |
| 2006 | yoon ja kim | Yoon Ja Kim v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 465 F.3d 1312, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2006) | reissue | |
| 1996 | york prod. | York Products, Inc. v. Central Tractor Farm & Family Center, 99 F.3d 1568, 40 USPQ2d 1619 (Fed. Cir. 1996) | claim interpretation | |
| 2010 | yorkey | Yorkey v. Diab, 605 F.3d 1297 (2010) | 102 | |
| 2012 | youman | In re Youman, 679 F.3d 1335 (Fed Cir. 2012) | reissue | |
| 1935 | young | Young, In re, 75 F.2d 996, 25 USPQ 69 (CCPA 1935) | claim interpretation | |
| 1991 | young | In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591 (Fed. Cir. 1991) | 103 | |
| 2007 | zenon | Zenon Environmental, Inc. v. U.S. Filter Corp., 506 F.3d 1370, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2007) | 112(1) | |
| 1963 | zickendraht | In re Zickendraht, 319 F.2d 225, 232 (CCPA 1963) (Rich, J., concurring) | double patenting | |
| 1969 | zierden | In re Zierden, 411 F.2d 1325, 1328 (CCPA 1969) | 103 | |
| 1989 | zletz | In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321 (Fed. Cir. 1989) | claim interpretation | |
| 2012 | zumbiel | C.W. Zumbiel Co., Inc. v. Kappos 702 F.3d 1371, 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2012) | claim interpretation | |
| 2001 | zurko | Zurko, In re, 258 F.3d 1379, 59 USPQ2d 1693 (Fed. Cir. 2001) | 103 | |
| 1959 | | Steele, In re, 305 F.2d 859, 134 USPQ 292 (CCPA 1959) 2143.03, 2173.06 | 103 | |