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The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
List of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office; List of decisions of the EPO Boards of Appeal relating to Article 52(2) and (3) EPC; List of UK judgments relating to excluded subject matter; List of United States patent law cases; List of trademark case law; List of copyright case law
In the doctrine of equivalents, prosecution history estoppel creates only a rebuttable presumption against infringement. Holmes Group v. Vornado: 535 U.S. 826: 2002: Patent issues raised in counterclaim do not give rise to Federal Circuit jurisdiction Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. 545 U.S. 193: 2005: Related to Research exemption.
This is a list of notable patent law cases in the United States in chronological order. The cases have been decided notably by the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) or the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). While the Federal Circuit (CAFC) sits below the Supreme Court ...
World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) is an annual statistical report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [1] The publication provides an overview of the activity in the areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection, geographical indications and the creative economy.
Among the most awaited Supreme Court decisions this term was a patent case, Bilski v. Kappos. While patent law is usually esoteric and unlikely to grab headlines, this case addressed the core ...
This is a list of decisions and opinions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) in chronological order of their date of issuance. The list includes decisions under Article 112(1)(a) EPC (following a referral from a Board of Appeal), opinions under Article 112(1)(b) EPC (following a referral from the President of the EPO), "to ensure uniform application of the law ...
This is a list of parties to international patent treaties which are open to all states. Paris Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Paris, 1883-03-20, came into force 1884-07-07 [1] PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty, Washington, 1970-06-19, came into force 1978-01-24 [2] Budapest