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The Federal Circuit is the appellate court for all patent cases and its decisions guide the lower courts and the United States Patent Office in patent cases.  Because of the importance of the Federal Circuit decisions, summaries of recent decisions of that Court are found below.
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Title No. Date
Advanced Software Design Corp. v. Fed. Res. Bank of St. Louis, et al.  Federal Circuit 2008-1152 9/30/2009 
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1509, -1510 9/30/2009 
In Re Richard S. Lister Federal Circuit 2009-1060 9/22/2009 
Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services and Mayo Clinic Rochester Federal Circuit 2008-1403 9/16/2009 
Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. Federal Circuit 2009-1020 9/15/2009 
Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1306 9/14/2009 
Lucent v. Gateway Inc. et al. Federal Circuit 2008-1485, -1487, -1495, 9/11/2009 
Nystrom v. Trex Co., Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2009-1026 9/8/2009 
In Re Skvorecz Federal Circuit, 2008-1221 9/3/2009 
Martek Bioscience Corporation v. Nutrinova, Inc. Federal Circuit 2008-1459 9/3/2009 
In re Bose, Corporation Federal Circuit, 2008-1448 8/31/2009 
Sky Technologyies LLC v. SAP AG and SAP America, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1606 8/20/2009 
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Medical, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2007-1296, -1347 8/19/2009 
Wedgetail, Ltd. v. Huddleston Deluxe, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2009-1045 8/12/2009 
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. John J. Doll, Acting Director, Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2007-1066 8/11/2009 
Hyatt v. Doll Federal Circuit 2007-1066 (dissent) 8/11/2009 
Bayer Schering Pharma, AG v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1282 8/5/2009 
Exergen Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and SAAT Inc. Federal Circuit, 2007-1180 8/4/2009 
Touchcom, Inc and Touchcom Technologies, Inc. v. Bereskin & Parr and H. Samuel Frost Federal Circuit 2008-1129 8/3/2009 
In re McNeil - PPC, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1546 7/31/2009 
Wavetronix v. EIS Electronic Integrated Systems Federal Circuit 2008-1129,-1160 7/29/2009 
Blackboard, Inc. v. Desire2Learn, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1368, -1396 7/27/2009 
In re Shinnecock Smoke Shop Federal Circuit, 2009-1100 7/1/2009 
University of Pittsburgh v. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit 2008-1441, -1454 6/9/2009 
Ecolab, Inc. v. FMC Corporation Federal Circuit, 2008-1128, -1252 6/9/2009 
Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc. Federal Circuit 2008-1466 6/4/2009 
Titan Tire Corp. v. Case New England, Inc., Federal Circuit, 2008-1078 6/3/2009 
DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., Federal Circuit 2008-1240 6/1/2009 
Every Penny Counts, Inc. v. American Express, Co. Federal Circuit 2008-1438 4/30/2009 
In re Spirits Int’l, N.V. Federal Circuit 2008-1369, 563 F.2d 1347 4/29/2009 
Transcore, LP and TC License, LTD. v. Electronic Transaction Consultants Corporation Federal Circuit 2008-1430 4/8/2009 
In Re Marek Z. Kubin and Raymond G. Goodwin Federal Circuit 2008-1184 4/3/2009 
Euclid Chemical Co. v. Vector Corrosion Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit, 2008-1170 4/1/2009 
Bishop v. Flournoy Federal Circuit 09-1084 4/1/2009 
Tafas v. Doll Federal Circuit 2008-1352 3/20/2009 
Crown Packaging Tech., Inc. v. Rexam Beverage Can Co. Federal Circuit 2008-1284, -1340 3/17/2009 
ICU Medical v. Alaris Medical Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit No. 2008-1077 3/13/2009 
In Re Lewis Ferguson, Darryl Costin & Scott C. Harris Federal Circuit 2007-1232 3/6/2009 
Nartron Corp., v. Schukra U.S., Inc. Federal Circuit 2008-1363 3/5/2009 
Line Rothman and Glamourmom v. Target Corp. Federal Circuit 2008-1375 2/13/2009 
Ball Aerosol and Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc., Bath & Body Works, Inc., (doing business as The White Barn Candle Co.) Federal Circuit 2008-1333 2/9/2009 
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Blue Sky Medical Group, Inc. Federal Circuit 2007-1340, -1341, -1342 2/2/2009 
Süd-Chemie, Inc. v. Multisorb Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit 2008-1247 1/30/2009 
In Re Stephen W. Comiskey Federal Circuit 2006-1286 1/26/2009