Archive | March, 2016

When Is a Patent Claim Indefinite for Encompassing Two Statutory Classes of Invention (e.g., System and Method)?

Patent claims can recite the functionality of a system or apparatus without being indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112 for encompassing two statutory classes (e.g., system and method), the Federal Circuit has explained in UltimatePointer, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., No 2015-1297 (Fed. Cir. March 1, 2016). Thus, the three-judge panel (Judge Lourie wrote for […]

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