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Prosecution History May Support a Motivation to Combine
Written by: Rhett D. Ramsey & Jacob R. Rosenbaum Elekta Limited v. Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. Before: Reyna, Stoll, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. ...
Landmark CAFC Cases in Patent Law: Shaping the Future of Innovation
In the ever-evolving landscape of patent law, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has played a pivotal role in shaping the rules and precedents governing intellectual...
FDA Releases Draft Guidances on 510(k) Submissions
Written by: Paige L. Cappelli On September 6, 2023, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) released three draft guidance documents to provide updated...
IPR Decision Based on a Barely Mentioned Typo Violated the APA Notice Requirement
Written by:Brianne M. Kingery & Daniel Kiang APPLE INC. v. COREPHOTONICS, LTD. Before Stoll, Linn, and Stark. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An IPR...
Feed tagged as "clean energy":
Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun’s wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Indium... Read More »
Fusion power offers a safer, more efficient means of producing energy. Fusion reactions are at the core of the massive energy-production capabilities of stars, but... Read More »
Research conducted by Texas Agrilife at Texas A&M University suggests that biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for... Read More »
General Electric’s “Vehicle Innovation Center,” as it is called, opens for business today in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Customers can test on a... Read More »
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) function like batteries that you can continually add fuel to. The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory... Read More »
Clean energy development is proving to be a more innovative reality at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Scientists have developed a way to generate power using harmless... Read More »
A team from Kansas State University is researching climate change and how the effects of rainfall and weather patterns throughout Kansas help with future adaptation... Read More »
DONG Energy has received full consent to test two next generation offshore wind turbines at their Gunfleet Sands site in South East England. It is the first time ... Read More »
Toshiba Corp. will be developing an electric-powered bus with a charge time of just five minutes. In cooperation with Tokyo’s Minato Ward, the electronics... Read More »
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has been selected to lead a new joint U.S.-India research center focusing on energy efficiency technologies for... Read More »
Petrobras and the Federal Unversity of Grande do Norte inaugurated a pilot plant in Extremoz (state of Rio Grande do Norte) for microalgae cultivation for biodiesel... Read More »
With approval of the Environmental Impact Review on its 200-megawatt, two-tower Saguache Solar Energy Project, SolarReserve hopes to soon get started on a new pair of ... Read More »
The Obama administration has set a target for producing cellulosic ethanol of nearly 40 billion liters each year by 2020. One potential source is Miscanthus x... Read More »
Edison Mission Group, a subsidiary of Edison International, has announced commissioning of the Pinnacle Wind Farm at NewPage located on Green Mountain, near the... Read More »
