Loc. Pat. R. 3.1 — Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective January 1, 2024. Verified against the official source (W.D.N.Y. — Rules: Individual, Local & Federal (U.S. District Court, Western District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
Loc. Pat. R. 3.1 — Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions: the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Patent Rules, United States District Court for the Western District of New York, effective January 1, 2024 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every patent case before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, alongside the Local Rules of Civil Procedure and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
Not later than fourteen (14) days after the initial CMC, a party claiming patent infringement shall serve on all parties a “Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions.” Separately for each opposing party, the “Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions” shall contain the following information: (a) Each claim of each patent in suit that is allegedly infringed by each opposing party, including for each claim the applicable statutory subsections of 35 U.S.C. § 271 asserted; (b) Separately for each asserted claim, each accused apparatus, product, device, process, method, act, design, variety of plant or other instrumentality (“Accused Instrumentality”) of each opposing party of which the party is aware. This identification shall be as specific as possible. Each product, device, design, variety of plant and apparatus shall be identified by name or model number, if known. Each method or process shall be identified by name, if known, or by any product, device, or apparatus which, when used, allegedly results in the practice of the claimed method or process; (c) (i)Except for design or variety of plant patent claim(s), a chart identifying specifically where each limitation of each asserted claim is found within each Accused Instrumentality, including for each limitation that such party contends is governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6, the identity of the structure(s), act(s), or material(s) in the Accused Instrumentality that performs the claimed function; (ii) For each design patent or variety of plant patent claim that is alleged, a chart displaying each view of the design or variety of plant patent drawings and a view of the accused design or variety of plant from every available angle for all embodiments. (d) For each claim that is alleged to have been indirectly infringed, an identification of any direct infringement and a description of the acts of the alleged indirect infringer that contribute to or are inducing that direct infringement. Insofar as any alleged direct infringement is based on joint acts of multiple parties, the role of each such party in the direct infringement must be described; (e) Except for design or variety of plant patent claims(s), whether each limitation of each asserted claim is alleged to be literally present or present under the doctrine of equivalents in the Accused Instrumentality; (f) For any patent that claims priority to an earlier application, the priority date to which each asserted claim allegedly is entitled; (g) If a party claiming patent infringement wishes to preserve the right to rely, for any purpose, on the assertion that its own apparatus, product, device, process, method, act, or other instrumentality practices the claimed invention, the party shall identify, separately for each asserted claim, each such apparatus, product, device, process, method, act, or other instrumentality that incorporates or reflects that particular claim; and (h) If a party claiming patent infringement alleges willful infringement, all known bases for such allegation. A party claiming willful infringement shall be permitted to supplement its response to this subsection at or prior to the close of fact discovery, if necessary, to add facts developed through pretrial discovery. (i) To comply with Loc. Pat. R. 3.1, a party claiming patent infringement may use a chart following the format provided in Appendix C.
Source of truth
Not later than fourteen (14) days after the initial CMC, a party claiming patent infringement shall serve on all parties a “Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions.” Separately for each opposing party, the “Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Conten
- Official source
- W.D.N.Y. — Rules: Individual, Local & Federal (U.S. District Court, Western District of New York)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- January 1, 2024
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
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