Federal Circuit Won't Overturn Conception Finding By Patent Board

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A divided Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 refused to overturn findings by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) failed to establish sole conception of a patented method by a doctor who declined participation in the relevant patent application (Chandler Dawson v. Chandler Dawson and Lyle Bowman, Nos. 12-1214, -1215, -1216, -1217, Fed. Cir.)....(read more)