This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate several patents owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and licensed to Ethanol Boosting Systems (EBS). The legal dispute with Ford Motor Company centered on fuel management systems designed to reduce "engine knock" by using both direct and port fuel injection. The court rejected EBS’s procedural challenge regarding...
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This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate several patents owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and licensed to Ethanol Boosting Systems (EBS). The legal dispute with Ford Motor Company centered on fuel management systems designed to reduce "engine knock" by using both direct and port fuel injection. The court rejected EBS’s procedural challenge regarding...
Canatex Completion Solutions v. Wellmatics (Fed. Cir., November 12, 2025) 2024-1466
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Canatex Completion Solutions v. Wellmatics (Fed. Cir., November 12, 2025) 2024-1466
This episode is about an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the case of Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC, decided on November 12, 2025. The core issue of the appeal is whether the U.S. Patent No. 10,794,122, owned by Canatex, is invalid for indefiniteness due to an alleged clerical error in the claims. Specifically, the patent uses the phrase “the connection profile of the second part,” which Canatex argued should be corrected to “f...
Condensed IP
This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate several patents owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and licensed to Ethanol Boosting Systems (EBS). The legal dispute with Ford Motor Company centered on fuel management systems designed to reduce "engine knock" by using both direct and port fuel injection. The court rejected EBS’s procedural challenge regarding...
