Supreme Court considers patent ambiguity in Nautilus v Biosig

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Supreme Court considers patent ambiguity in Nautilus v Biosig

April 29 2014

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 28 about whether a Federal Circuit decision that allows patents with multiple reasonable interpretations dilutes the statutory requirement for particular and distinct claims, with some observers predicting the Court will ask the Federal Circuit to come up with a new rule

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