Google: Patent Community Is Waiting On Ruling Over Use Of Prosecution History

Mealey's (December 16, 2016, 10:00 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an infringement lawsuit over patents for computer malware protection software, Google Inc. says in a Nov. 30 reply brief that “the patent community is watching this one” with regard to whether the U.S. Supreme Court will consider how the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should use prosecution history to settle claim construction disputes (Google Inc. v. Alfonso Cioffi and The Estate of Allen Frank Rozman, No. 16-200, U.S. Sup.)....