The U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential opinion clarifying that provisional ...

MPHJ argued that because the related provisional application states ... limiting clauses to be significant. The '173 Patent in its final form contains no statement or suggestion of an intent ...

“Clarifying its earlier holdings, the CAFC found that the provisional application must provide written description support for the specific portions of the patent specification relied upon in ...