Within the last several weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has issued two precedential decisions on the topics of inventorship (how does one qualify as an inventor?) and patent-eligible subject matter (what is too abstract to qualify for a patent?). Providing some helpful guidance, these decisions are discussed below.
Vapor Suppression System
On Aug. 10, 2016, in Vapor Point v. Elliot Moorhead,1 the Federal Circuit (Kathleen O’Malley, Raymond Chen, Kara Stoll) affirmed per curiam a district court order correcting inventorship to add co-inventors to two different issued patents.
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