Lack of experience with powered nailer design precludes testimony from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art

Claim requiring removal of element can include that same element in infringing product

In a rare decision, Western District of Texas court holds patent invalid under § 101

Federal Circuit states there is no heightened written description standard for negative limitations

Intel’s challenges to Qualcomm’s patents sent back to the USPTO to resolve claim interpretation and obviousness issues

Interpreting a numerical claim limitation requires examining the specification and prosecution history, rather than acontextually performing a significant digits analysis

The patentee tried a combination as directed by the prior art and obtained a patent on the combination. The Federal Circuit upheld the patent because the prior art did not show a reasonable expectation of success.

After holding Moderna has standing to appeal an adverse Inter Partes Review decision, Federal Circuit upholds patent over Moderna’s challenge. Concerning another adverse decision in an IPR against a different patent, Moderna found not to have standing to appeal.