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Case
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Question(s) Presented
Date
June 2, 2004
Case Name
Honeywell Int'l Inc. v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corp.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
Does rewriting dependent claims into independent form, coupled with the cancellation of the original independent claims, create a presumption of prosecution history estoppel?
Date
September 26, 2003
Case Name
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“The sole issue specifically before us is whether Festo can rebut the presumption that the filing of narrowing amendments for the two patents in suit surrendered all subject matter between...
Date
June 17, 2003
Case Name
Martinez v. United States
Subject
Military
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether to overrule our decision in Hurick v. Lehman . . . regarding the calculation of the limitations period for military discharge cases brought in the Court of Federal Claims.”
Date
March 24, 2003
Case Name
Coast Federal Bank, FSB v. United States
Subject
Financial
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the Court of Federal Claims correctly granted partial summary judgment for the government on the issue of damages by interpreting the Agreement to require amortization of goodwill in accordance...
Date
December 20, 2002
Case Name
Cook v. Principi
Subject
Veterans
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether this court’s decision in Hayre should be overruled insofar as that case holds that the existence of ‘grave procedural error’ renders a decision of the Veterans’ Administration non-final?” 2....
Date
November 18, 2002
Case Name
Schism v. United States
Subject
Military
Question(s) Presented
Whether effectively forcing veterans to purchase Medicare Part B insurance is a violation of the government’s oral promise, made in and around World War II, via military recruiters, to provide free...
Date
September 16, 2002
Case Name
Jaquay v. Principi
Subject
Veterans
Question(s) Presented
Does the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims have jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the Board of Veterans Appeals when notice of the appeal was not timely filed or...
Date
April 1, 2002
Case Name
Forshey v. Principi
Subject
Veterans
Question(s) Presented
“[W]e granted rehearing en banc to consider the scope of our jurisdiction in cases coming to this court from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims under 38 U.S.C. §...
Date
March 28, 2002
Case Name
Johnson & Johnston Associates Inc. v. R.E. Service Co., Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether a patentee can apply the doctrine of equivalents to cover unclaimed subject matter disclosed in the specification.”
Date
November 20, 2001
Case Name
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. United States
Subject
Takings
Question(s) Presented
What is the “constitutionality of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, . . . which imposes special monetary assessments on domestic utilities for the remediation of environmentally contaminated uranium processing...
Date
November 29, 2000
Case Name
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
1. “For the purposes of determining whether an amendment to a claim creates prosecution history estoppel, is ‘a substantial reason related to patentability,’ Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chem. Co., 520 U.S....
Date
August 11, 2000
Case Name
Raney v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Subject
Employment
Question(s) Presented
“Are litigants who employ union staff counsel barred from receiving market-rate attorney fees when such fees are deposited into a separate fund controlled exclusively by lawyers and the fund is...
Date
February 9, 2000
Case Name
Hatter v. United States
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
Was the application of the statute of limitations proper in Hatter VII, wherein the “question was whether the moneys wrongfully withheld from the judges’ monthly paychecks constituted a ‘continuing claim?'”
Date
May 26, 1999
Case Name
American Tel. & Tel. Co. v. United States
Subject
Gov. Contract
Question(s) Presented
1. “[W]hether a contract executed in violation of statutory restrictions on the obligation and expenditure of appropriated funds may be declared void from the start at the instance of the...
Date
May 5, 1999
Case Name
Midwest Indus., Inc. v. Karavan Trailers, Inc.
Subject
Trademark
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the district court’s summary judgment on the nonpatent counts of Midwest’s complaint is inconsistent with the applicable principles of law as we see them.”
Date
November 9, 1998
Case Name
Bailey v. West
Subject
Veterans
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the 120 day time limit set forth in 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a) (1994) is subject to the doctrine of equitable tolling.”
Date
May 4, 1998
Case Name
In re Zurko
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“Should this court review Patent and Trademark Office fact-findings under the Administrative Procedure Act standard of review instead of the presently applied ‘clearly erroneous’ standard?”
Date
March 25, 1998
Case Name
Cybor Corp. v. FAS Technologies, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
Is claim construction a matter of pure law that allows for de novo appellate review?
Date
March 20, 1998
Case Name
Nobelpharma Ab v. Implant Innovations
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“Whether conduct in the prosecution of a patent is sufficient to strip a patentee of its immunity from the antitrust laws. . . .”
Date
June 12, 1997
Case Name
Hilton Davis Chemical Co. v. Warner-Jenkinson Co.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
On remand from the Supreme Court: what are the requirements (1) for prosecution history estoppel, and (2) the preservation of meaning for each element in a claim?