Title: Putting the Fun in Functional Claiming: §112(f) and Related Indefiniteness Considerations after Williamson v. Citrix and Nautilus v. BioSigOriginal air date: February 10, 2016
This program will review functional claiming and§112(f), and help practitioners identify when a claim will and won’t be found to invoke 35 U.S.C. §112(f) (or §112, sixth paragraph, for pre-AIA applications). The program will also address the disclosure needed to support functional claiming under §112(f), with a focus on adequately disclosing the algorithms to support computer-implemented inventions. Indefiniteness of §112(f) elements is the single biggest reason for indefiniteness determinations by the Federal Circuit in the past five years, making it critical to understand when §112(f) applies, and when a disclosure adequately supports a §112(f) element. Presented by Nicholas Mattingly of Mattingly & Malur, PC; Bryan Wheelock of Harness Dickey & Pierce; moderated by Jose Mata, Patent Attorney.