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Gramm v. Deere & Company, No. 24-1598 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 11, 2026)

Reversed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1598
Decided
March 11, 2026
Judge
Reyna, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
16 pages

From the Opinion

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Reaper Solutions, LLC and Richard Gramm appeal an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa concluding the asserted claims of U.S. Pa- tent No. 6,202,395 are invalid as indefinite and entering a judgment in favor of Deere based on that conclusion. We reverse the district court’s indefiniteness conclusion and judgment of invalidity and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. I. BACKGROUND Richard Gramm is the sole inventor and owner of U.S. Patent No.