Assignment of Future Patents: Continuations-in-Part
Patent – Patently-O 2025-10-20
Summary:
by Dennis Crouch
Causam Enterprises, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, No. 23-1769 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2025).
This case is ultimately about patent ownership -- and turns on whether a 2007 assignment covers "continuations-in-part." The assignment document lists certain covered patents along with "divisions, reissues, continuations and extensions," but does not particularly list "continuations-in-part." Holding: The assignment does not include continuations-in-part.
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