UCSF Appeal Patent Decision

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has appealed the judgment of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) panel that found in favor of the InSite Vision in its patent interference litigation with UCSF, according to a company press release. The USPTO panel of judges entered judgment in favor of InSite Vision and confirmed the inventorship of InSite Vision’s U.S. Patent Nos. 6,239,113 and 6,569,443 protecting AzaSit. The appeal was filed by UCSF with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 2011.