Module 1: Thoeries of patent drafting

Class 1 Introduction

Class 2 History of Claims

--Merrillv. Yeomans, 94 U.S. 568 (1876); White v. Dunbar, 119 U.S. 47 (1886);Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co., 210 U.S. 405 (1908);McCarty v. Lehigh Val R Co., 160 U.S. 110 (1895); Aro Mfg. Co. v. ConvertibleTop Replacement Co., 365 U.S. 336 (1961).

Class 3 Claim Construction

--Litigation:Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996); Phillips v. AWHCorp., 363 F.3d 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2004); Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.,52 F.3d 967 (Fed Cir. 1995).

--Prosectuion:In re Buszard, 504 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (examination); In re Sneed, 710F.2d 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (reissue); In re Yamamoto, 740 F.2d 1569 (Fed. Cir.1984) (re-examination).

Class 4 Preamable

--CLAIMCFC§§ 2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12

--“Preamble-within-apreamble” format: Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. v. Texas Instruments Inc.

520F.3d 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2008); HTC Corp. v. IPCom GmbH & Co., KG, 667 F.3d1270 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

Class 5 Written Description

--Vas-CathInc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555 (Fed. Cir. 1991); ICN Photonics, Ltd. v.Cynosure, Inc., 73 Fed. Appx. 425 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Zenon Environmental, Inc.v. U.S. Filter Corp., 506 F.3d 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Class 6 Enablement

--Inre Wands, 858 F.2d 731 (Fed. Cir. 1988); Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc.,503 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2007); Sitrick v. Dreamworks, LLC, 516 F.3d 993 (Fed.Cir. 2008).

Class 7 Means-plus-function Claims

--TriMed,Inc. v. Stryker Corp., 514 F.3d 1256 (Fed. Cir. 2008); Aristocrat Techs.Australia Pty Ltd. v. Int’l Game Tech., 521 F.3d 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (concerningthe means-plus-function limitation).

Module 2: Project-based learning

Class 8 Team 1 project proposal-Common Terms

--CLAIMCFC§ 6:2

Class 9 Team 2 project proposal-Claim Differentiation

--Liebel-FlarsheimCo. v. Medrad, Inc., 358 F.3d 898 (Fed. Cir. 2004); Andersen Corp. v. FiberComposites, LLC, 474 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Module 3: Issues on software patent drafting

In Module 2, I will invite a guest speack to teachsix classes.

Classes 10-15

Class 16 Presentation

Class 17 Presentation

Class 18 Final report