Patent claim changes without notice
Centripetal Networks v. Cisco Systems
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Centripetal Networks asks the Supreme Court to review whether a court may adopt a new interpretation of a patent claim that decides the case after the evidence closes, without notice or a chance to file more briefs or otherwise respond.
- What's at stake
- The immediate question is whether Centripetal can get Supreme Court review of its challenge to how the patent claim was interpreted in its dispute with Cisco.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Centripetal has filed a petition asking the Court to hear the case; the Court’s action on that request is not stated.
Judges, rather than juries, interpret patent claims, and that interpretation sets the scope of a patent-infringement case.
Question presented
Whether a court, without providing notice, may adopt a new, dispositive, materially different claim construction after the evidentiary record is closed, and without permitting supplemental briefing or a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
What happens next
The Supreme Court must decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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Sources
Primary materials from the Court and the parties. Grounded in docket records and cited sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.