Divided Panel Affirms Claim Construction In Interference Proceeding

Mealey's (November 5, 2020, 9:33 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 4 holding, a panel majority of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld construction of a “gradually and continuously changing” limitation in a patent relating to a procedure for yielding information about oil (Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. The University of Wyoming Research Corporation, No. 19-1530, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 34881)....