Deposit of Biological Material is Not Always Necessary to Satisfy the Enablement Requirement If the Biological Material is Known and Readily Available at the Time the Patent is Granted

Attorney: Diane Jones
February 12, 2026

On November 18, 2025, an inter-partes review IPR2024-01014 between Inari Agriculture, Inc., Petitioner and Corteva Agriscience LLC, Patent Owner, received a Final Written Decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board asserting that no challenged claims were unpatentable of U.S. Patent 8,901,378 B2.<... Read more

Appeal of Examiner's Final Rejection of Claims 18-20 Reversed by PTAB

Attorney: Diane Jones
August 4, 2025

Appeal of Examiner’s Final Rejection of claims 18-20 reversed by PTAB based on calculation of an effective human dosage from a “minimal risk of toxicity” dosage for a Cebus monkey rather than a calculation of “minimum pharmacologic activity in humans.”<... Read more

PTAB Reverses Examiner Based on "Or" Language

Attorney: Diane Jones
February 14, 2025

Re: US2016/0331260A1 “Asystole detection for cardiopulmonary resuscitation”, Applicant Koninklijke Philips N.V.<... Read more