The central feature of patent law in the chemical, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical
industries is the genus claim-a patent claim that covers not just one specific chemical but a …

Patent law promotes innovations that are different from what the world already knows. This
may seem a truism: What is innovation other than the search for new things? 1 But mere …

Prescription drug prices continue to rise unabated in the United States, largely due to a
system that allows brand-name drug makers to charge whatever the market will bear. Some …

Prosecutors regard themselves as public servants who fight crime and increase community
safety on behalf of their constituents. But prosecutors do not only seek to protect those they …

The requirement of nonobviousness, codified in 35 USC § 103, has been called" the
ultimate condition of patentability" because of its crucial function of keeping technically trivial …

In thinking about artificial intelligence, many people imagine (and fear) fully autonomous
and sentient artificial general intelligence. In thinking about the patentability of inventions by …

In 2002, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new medical device, InFuse
Bone Graft, for use in operations to fuse the lumbar spine of adults with deteriorating …

The conclusions here are mixed. On one hand, invalidations for lack of novelty bear many
indicia of publicly beneficial error correction. Anticipation based on obscure prior art appears …

In 1966, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug amantadine
hydrochloride (amantadine) for the prevention of Asian influenza A (H2N2). J Doctors began …

This Essay is an empirical study of the evidence the Patent Trial and Appeal Board relies
upon when cancelling patents in inter partes review. To construct our dataset, we collected …