https://patent.org Patent strategy, applications, portfolio management, and disputes from the Law Office of Michael P. Eddy in San Diego. en-us https://patent.org/lawsuits/boston-scientific-v-atraverse-continuation-patent/ https://patent.org/lawsuits/boston-scientific-v-atraverse-continuation-patent/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT An October 7 complaint in the District of Delaware asserts at least claims 1 and 22 of U.S. Patent No. 12,733,955 against Atraverse's HOTWIRE guidewire. The application behind it was filed in October 2025, two months after Boston Scientific first sued Atraverse on an earlier patent in the same family. https://patent.org/inventors/in-re-gamble-forfeited-indefiniteness-arguments/ https://patent.org/inventors/in-re-gamble-forfeited-indefiniteness-arguments/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT In a nonprecedential October 7 opinion, the court affirmed because a pro se applicant forfeited his substantive arguments against indefiniteness rejections under 35 U.S.C. 112(b), both on appeal and before the Board. https://patent.org/lawsuits/in-re-google-usc-transfer-northern-california/ https://patent.org/lawsuits/in-re-google-usc-transfer-northern-california/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT In a nonprecedential October 6 order, the Federal Circuit granted Google's petition for a writ of mandamus, vacated the Western District of Texas order denying transfer, and directed the district court to grant Google's motion to the extent that the case is transferred to the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. 1404(a). https://patent.org/lawsuits/oreilly-winship-v-snaprays-joined/ https://patent.org/lawsuits/oreilly-winship-v-snaprays-joined/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT In a nonprecedential October 5 decision, the court reversed summary judgment of non-infringement on six claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,871,324 and directed partial summary judgment of infringement on claims 1, 2, and 8. It affirmed non-infringement on 17 other claims across both patents. https://patent.org/lawsuits/wearne-digital-v-pfizer-cold-chain/ https://patent.org/lawsuits/wearne-digital-v-pfizer-cold-chain/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A complaint file-stamped October 2 in the Southern District of New York pleads direct infringement of at least claim 9 of U.S. Patent No. 11,456,067 and asks for an injunction or an ongoing royalty, adding that any requested injunction should be tailored to proven infringement and account for continuity of access to vaccines and other therapeutics. https://patent.org/lawsuits/pioneer-inari-enablement/ https://patent.org/lawsuits/pioneer-inari-enablement/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A nonprecedential opinion of October 2, 2026, affirms that claims 1 through 33 of U.S. Patent No. 11,371,055 are unpatentable for lack of enablement. https://patent.org/practice-watch/how-to-spot-a-fake-patent-lawyer/ https://patent.org/practice-watch/how-to-spot-a-fake-patent-lawyer/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Only registered patent attorneys and agents, and people the USPTO has granted limited recognition, can represent you before the USPTO in a patent application. The register is public, and these five checks use only official sources. https://patent.org/inventors/provisional-applications-after-dental-monitoring/ https://patent.org/inventors/provisional-applications-after-dental-monitoring/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT A precedential Federal Circuit decision in August 2026 held that a published application gets its provisional's earlier date, for prior-art purposes, only if the provisional supports at least one of the published claims. Thin, hurried provisionals were always risky. Now the risk runs in both directions. https://patent.org/uspto/what-an-informative-ptab-decision-means/ https://patent.org/uspto/what-an-informative-ptab-decision-means/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT In August 2026 the USPTO designated a Markush-claim appeal decision as informative after a stakeholder nominated it. Informative decisions are not binding, but under the Board's procedures they set out norms that should be followed in most cases, absent justification.