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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
Novo Nordisk v. Bio-Technology General No. 04-1581 10/5/2005 
Invitrogen v. Biocrest Nos. 04-1273, - 1274 10/5/2005 
Union Carbide v. Shell Oil Nos. 04-1475, - 1512 10/3/2005 
International Rectifier Corp. v. Samsung Co. et al Nos. 04-1429, - 1608 9/23/2005 
U.S. Phillips v. USITC No. 04-1361 9/21/2005 
Pandrol v. Airboss No. 04-1069 9/19/2005 
Free Motion Fitness v. Cybex No. 05-1006 9/16/2005 
Biagro Western Sales v. Grow More No. 04-1414 9/13/2005 
Symbol Technologies, et al. v. Lemelson Medical Foundation No. 04-1451 9/9/2005 
In re Fisher No. 04-1465 9/7/2005 
Broadcast Innovation v. Charter Communications No. 05-1008 8/20/2005 
Tap Pharmaceutical Prods. v. Owl Pharm Nos. 03-1634, - 1635 8/18/2005 
Terlep v. Brinkman Corp No. 04-1337 8/16/2005 
Pause Technology v. TiVo No. 04-1263 8/16/2005 
Warner-Lambert v. Teva No. 04-1506 8/11/2005 
NTP, Inc., v. Research In Motion, Ltd., No. 03-1615 8/2/2005 
Phillips v. AWH Corp., et al., 03-1269, -1286 7/12/2005 
Merck KGaG v. Integra LifeSciences I, Ltd., 6/13/2005 
Boss Control, Inc. v. Bombardier Inc Nos. 04-1437, 1438, 1471 6/8/2005 
Purdue Pharma L.P. et al . v. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Nos. 04-1189, -1347, -1357 6/7/2005 
Medimmune v. Centocor et al., No. 04-1499 6/1/2005 
Imonex Services, Inc., V.W.H. Munzprufer Dietmar Trenner Gmbh, et al., 04-1262 - 1290 5/23/2005 
Arthrocare Corp. and Ethicon, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc No. 04-1323 5/10/2005 
PC Connector Solutions v. SmartDisk Corp. et al., No. 04-1180 5/5/2005 
Gillette Co. v. Energizer Holdings, Inc. No. 04-1220 4/29/2005 
Nazomi Communications, Inc. v. Arm Holdings, PLC No. 04-1101 4/11/2005 
Sentry Protection Products, Inc. v. Eagle Mfg. Co. No. 04-1392 3/11/2005 
Playtex, Inc. v. Procter & Gamble Co., No. 04-1200 3/7/2005 
Eolas Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft, No. 04-1234 No. 04-1234 3/2/2005 
Evident Corp. and Peroxydent v. Church & Dwight Co., Inc., et al Nos. 03-1541, 04-1137-1213 2/22/2005 
Rates Technology, Inc. v. Nortel Networks Corp., No. 04-1212 2/17/2005 
Lisle Corp. v. A. J. Mfg. Co., Nos. 04-1275, -1346 2/11/2005 
Thatcher and Deckers Outdoor Dept. Store v. Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc No. 04-1397 2/10/2005 
Junker v. Eddings et al., Nos. 04-1208, - 1271 2/8/2005 
Merck & Co., Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc. No. 04-1005 1/28/2005 
Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA v. Pfizer, No. 04-1186 1/21/2005 
Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc. v. Acorn Mobility Services No. 04-1114, -1125 1/11/2005