Welcome to Skilled in the Art. I'm Law.com IP reporter Scott Graham. Here's what's cracking this week:

• It must be hard to leave years of your own life on the cutting-room floor. Federal Circuit Judge Timothy Dyk has put together a surprisingly concise, readable account of his 60-year legal career.

• Ravgen's $272 million patent infringement verdict over fetal diagnostic testing could be the first of many—or could be unwound this fall by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.