Key Takeaways: Recent Federal Circuit decision draws a meaningful distinction between patents that claim a broad genus as the invention itself and those that claim a novel therapeutic method using…

Key Takeaway: The FDA is developing a “plausible mechanism framework” to facilitate approval of individualized therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases that currently face approval challenges. As discussed previously…

ASCENDIS PHARMA A/S v. BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC. Before Lourie, Chen, and Stoll.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary:  A respondent in an…

IRONSOURCE LTD. v. DIGITAL TURBINE, INC. Before Moore, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: An appellant seeking to establish Article III standing based on…

Protaryx Medical, a Maryland-based company dedicated to “minimally invasive left-heart interventional therapies,” announced that its Transseptal Puncture Device received 510(k) clearance from the FDA. Transseptal puncture is designed to enable access to…

Key Takeaways: Hybron Technologies, a U.S. based Manufacturing company focused on lightweight composites for aerospace and defense applications, closes an oversubscribed $25M seed round. The increased need for domestic production…

Key Takeaway: The NRC’s proposed streamlined DOE/DOD reactor licensing pathway includes public disclosure obligations that can constitute prior art to later filed patent applications, and that raise potential inventorship issues,…

Key Takeaways: Interference proceedings, though increasingly rare, are heavily evidence-based and determine which party is the first inventor when two or more applicants claim the same patentable invention. Sometimes, an…

According to a press release, Stryker Corporation recently “experienced a cybersecurity attack which resulted in a global disruption to Stryker’s (internal, corporate) Microsoft environment.” A cyberterrorist organization, Handala, reportedly claimed responsibility…

Key Takeaways: Kratos wins $447 million contract with U.S. Space Force to develop a ground management system supporting missile-detecting satellites. This initiative highlights Space Force’s partnerships with industry and underscores…