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Federal Circuit Overturns PTAB’s Nonobviousness Ruling Finding the Subject Matter Claimed was Obvious in Light of the Combined Teachings of the Prior Art
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently reversed in part and vacated in part Canfield Scientific’s appeal of an
inter partes review decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in which the Board held all challenged claims of a patent owned by Melanoscan patentable. The Federal Circuit agreed with Canfield and concluded that the Board erred in finding all claims patentable. In doing so, the Federal Circuit reversed the Board’s decision that the independent claims were not obvious and further vacated and remanded the determination of patentability of the dependent claims.