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Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include the filing of a reply brief filed in the only pending en banc case, a design patent case addressing the non-obviousness requirement; the filing of a new petition for rehearing in another patent case; and the denial of a petition for rehearing in a case raising a question about venue. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include a new petition in a patent case raising a question concerning prior art for purposes of design patent law and two denials of petitions in two other patent cases raising questions related to the law governing reissue proceedings and fee shifting, respectively. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include two new petitions for rehearing in patent cases presenting questions related to secondary considerations of non-obviousness and inconsistency between Board and district court claim constructions, along with a denial of a petition in another patent case presenting a question related to eligibility. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. The court received a new petition for rehearing filed in a patent case concerning a question of proper venue. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include five amicus briefs filed in the pending en banc case addressing design patent’s non-obviousness requirement and a denial of a petition for rehearing en banc in a utility patent case. Here are the details.  

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include an en banc response brief filed in the only pending en banc case, which addresses the non-obviousness requirement for design patents, and two newly filed petitions for rehearing in two utility patent cases. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include a newly-filed petition for rehearing filed in a patent case presenting a question related to the non-obviousness requirement, along with a denial of a petition for rehearing in another patent case presenting a question related to inducement of infringement. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include a petition for rehearing en banc filed in a patent case presenting questions related to patent eligibility, along with two denials of petitions in a patent case and a pro se case, respectively. Here are the details.

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit. Highlights include two denials of petitions for rehearing en banc in patent cases. 

Here is an update on recent en banc activity at the Federal Circuit in patent cases. As for the only pending en banc case, addressing design patent law’s non-obviousness requirement, three amicus curiae briefs were filed in support of appellants, and three amicus curiae briefs were filed in support of neither party. As for petitions, highlights include a new petition presenting a question related to inducement of infringement and two denials in other patent cases. Here are the details.