ScriptPro, LLC v. Innovation Assocs., No. 13-1561 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
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Scriptpro’s patent describes as the invention a “collating unit,” which works with an “automatic dispensing system” that automatically fills and labels pill bottles or other prescription containers. The collating unit has several storage positions (slots) into which containers are placed as they emerge from the dispensing system. “The unit stores prescription containers according to a storage algorithm that is dependent on a patient name for whom a container is intended and an availability of an open storage position in the collating unit.” The patent describes this as an improvement over the prior art, which stored only one prescription container in each holding area and stored the prescription containers using a container-specific, not patient-specific, identifier. In an infringement action, the district court granted summary judgment for the defendant, holding that the asserted claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. 112, which requires that the patent’s specification describe the subject matter defined by the claim. The court reasoned that the specification describes a machine containing “sensors,” whereas the claims at issue claim a machine that need not have “sensors.” The Federal Circuit reversed, stating that summary judgment of invalidity on that ground is not appropriate here.
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