How has the Supreme Court's 2002 decision in Festo affected prosecution?

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Richard G. A. Bone, richardbone@fr.com, Fish and Richardson, PC, 500 Arguello Street, Suite 500, Redwood City, CA 94063
It's more than 4 years since the Supreme Court re-visited prosecution history estoppel, in Festo. Since then, numerous decisions in the Federal Circuit and lower courts have interpreted the Supreme Court's test in a variety of circumstances. I will review the most significant of these decisions and discuss their impact on claim drafting and prosecution strategy.
 

Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases in Patent Law
9:00 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 110, Oral

Division of Chemistry & the Law

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006