The Situation: In a Hatch-Waxman litigation, a district court determined that the claims covering a method of using the drug everolimus to treat kidney cancers were not obvious. The court found a ...

Elemental analysis offers scientists a method of determining the elements present in an organic compound, and in what quantity. Various fields of science rely on this type of analysis for research, ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s determination that 79 challenged composition claims across three related patents were unpatentable but ...

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

Mass spectrometry (MS) has become indispensable for the analysis of organic compounds, offering exceptional sensitivity and specificity. Recent methodological advances have introduced improvements ...

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

Compounds produced naturally by living things have long been a mainstay of drug research and fields such as ecology and chemical biology. Concerns that researchers may not be able to sustain the ...

In an earlier article, “Tips for Selecting a ‘Lead Compound’ in Compound Claim Challenges,” I introduced an approach derived by U.S. federal courts called the “lead compound analysis,” and discussed ...

Compound semiconductors (CS) have piqued the interest of researchers and engineers all over the world for more than two decades. A compound semiconductor is made up of two or more different chemical ...