Number: RL33923 Title: An Overview of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Patent Law Authors: Brian T. Yeh, American Law Division Abstract: This report provides a brief summary of the Supreme Court's patent law jurisprudence in the following eight cases that have been decided since 2005: Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Unitherm Food Systems v. Swift-Eckrich, Illinois Tool Works v. Independent Ink, eBay v. MercExchange, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Metabolite Labs., MedImmune v. Genentech, KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., and Microsoft v. AT&T. Pages: 22 Date: June 6, 2007