Federal Circuit Three-member Panel Appellate Ruling For Eli Lilly
On appeal, a three-member panel of the Federal Circuit overturned the lower court ruling, and invalidated the '516 patent instead. The basis of the ruling was that the '516 patent did not have a sufficient "written description" of the patented invention.
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