Rule 36 Affirmance
Federal Circuit Rule 36 permits the court to enter a judgment of affirmance without a written opinion when it determines that an opinion would have no precedential value and the judgment below was correct on any of several stated grounds. The result is a one-line disposition: the judgment is affirmed, and the court gives no reasoning. Rule 36 affirmances resolve a substantial share of the Federal Circuit's patent docket and are frequently criticised for leaving litigants and the district courts without guidance. The documents collected here are those summary affirmances. They carry no analysis by design; what they establish is that the decision below survived appellate review.
811 opinions and orders, showing 801–811.
- September 17, 2007 Fed. Cir. In re Darrin Benzer, No. 07-1069 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 17, 2007) Affirmed
- August 17, 2007 Fed. Cir. Caritas Technoligies, Inc. v. Comcast Corporation, No. 07-1057 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 17, 2007) Affirmed
- August 17, 2007 Fed. Cir. Postx Corporation v. Secure Data in Motion, Inc (Doing Business as Sigaba), No. 06-1565 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 17, 2007) Affirmed
- August 10, 2007 Fed. Cir. Capital Bridge v. IVL Technologies, No. 06-1637 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2007) Affirmed
- August 9, 2007 Fed. Cir. In re Rodger Burrows, No. 07-1091 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 9, 2007) Affirmed
- August 8, 2007 Fed. Cir. Foremost in Packaging Systems (Doing Business as Envirocooler) v. Cold Chain Technologies, No. 07-1116 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 8, 2007) Affirmed
- August 8, 2007 Fed. Cir. Dolby Laboratories v. Lucent Technologies, No. 06-1583 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 8, 2007) Affirmed
- July 11, 2007 Fed. Cir. Venture Industries Corporation v. Autoliv ASP, No. 07-1118 (Fed. Cir. July 11, 2007) Affirmed
- May 21, 2007 Fed. Cir. Pfizer v. Apotex (Formerly Known as Torpharm), No. 06-1261 (Fed. Cir. May 21, 2007) Affirmed
- September 6, 2006 Fed. Cir. Alza Corporation v. Impax Laboratories, Inc., No. 06-1047 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 6, 2006) Affirmed
- February 17, 2005 Fed. Cir. Puritan-Bennett Corp. v. Penox Technologies, No. 04-1303 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 17, 2005) Affirmed