Opinion ID: 2794249
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Heading: Dependent Claim 3

Text: Claim 3, which depends from claim 1, specifies that the primary lubricant is the saturated fatty acid amide behenamide. The court found that because behenamide is one of a few common saturated fatty acid amide lubricating agents, the ’846 patent’s disclosure of the genus of saturated fatty acid amides anticipates claim 3. Summary Judgment Order at 19–20 (citing In re Petering, 301 F.2d 676 (C.C.P.A. 1962)). Ineos argues that the court erred in finding claim 3 anticipated. It argues that the ’846 patent does not explicitly disclose behenamide and that the court incorrectly concluded that the genus of saturated fatty acid amides disclosed in the ’846 patent describes behenamide. It asserts that the court incorrectly concluded that behenamide is a common saturated fatty acid amide lubricating agent. It asserts that the only pertinent record evidence is Ineos’s inventor declaration stating that behenamide was not recognized as “as one of the more effective lubricants for products.” We affirm the court’s conclusion that claim 3 is anticipated. With respect to claim 3, the ’846 patent specification discloses the genus of saturated fatty acid amides 3 Dependent claim 10 recites the composition of claim 1 that is free of a subsidiary lubricant (i.e., 0% subsidiary lubricant). The court concluded that the ’846 patent’s disclosure of an optional subsidiary lubricant anticipates claim 10. Summary Judgment Order at 21– 22. We affirm. 12 INEOS USA LLC v. BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION and states that good results are achieved with the narrower genus of saturated fatty acid amides having 12 to 35 carbon atoms. ’846 patent col. 2 ll. 48–52, 59–61. Behenamide falls within the narrower preferred genus because it is a saturated fatty acid amide with 22 carbon atoms. Berry Plastics asserted that behenamide is a common lubricating agent, and supported that contention with an expert declaration stating that behenamide is a common fatty acid amide used in the packaging industry. From this evidence we cannot conclude that the court erred in finding that the ’846 patent discloses behenamide. Ineos has not demonstrated that it raised a genuine dispute of material fact with respect to claim 3. Verbatim disclosure of a particular species is not required in every case for anticipation because disclosure of a small genus can be a disclosure of each species within the genus. See Atofina, 441 F.3d at 999 (citing In re Petering, 301 F.2d at 682). Ineos does not dispute that behenamide falls within the narrow genus of saturated fatty acid amides having 12 to 35 carbon atoms. And Ineos provided no detailed information on how large this genus is to support its contention that this genus does not disclose behenamide. Ineos’s inventor declaration does not state that behenamide is not a common lubricant within this species. We conclude that Ineos did not raise a genuine dispute of material fact with respect to claim 3.