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The Green Pet Shop Enterprises, LLC v. Comfort Revolution — Fed. Cir. (Nov 5, 2026)

No. 25-1780 Argued November 5, 2026 Published November 6, 2026

The Federal Circuit hears The Green Pet Shop versus Comfort Revolution. This dispute concerns a patent for a cooling pad intended to work without first being frozen. The patent describes a design in which pressure activates the cooling effect. Its named inventor obtained a gel and its formula from a factory, then designed the pad's casing. That history raised a question: had the factory contributed to the invention, or merely supplied a material that the inventor put to a new use? The district court ruled against Green Pet Shop before trial on inventorship, concluding that the named inventor had not conceived the pressure-activated feature. Green Pet Shop will argue that the invention is the combination of gel and pad structure, and that disputed facts should have prevented summary judgment. Comfort Revolution will rely on the inventor's testimony and the parties' agreed facts about the factory's role. Listen for the difference between discovering a material's property, developing the claimed combination, and supplying or manufacturing one of its parts.

The Green Pet Shop Enterprises, LLC v. Comfort Revolution (No. 25-1780) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, argued November 5, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — official Federal Circuit recording; complete case call, advocacy and submission retained; levels balanced:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-arguments/25-1780_11052026.mp3
Case and argument date — official Federal Circuit archive:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/
Case background and prior inventorship ruling — District of New Jersey, Doc. 113, March 17, 2025; not an appellate decision:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-njd-3_20-cv-02130/pdf/USCOURTS-njd-3_20-cv-02130-2.pdf

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