Addressing the standard for obviousness of design patents, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a per curiam opinion, upheld the Patent Trial & Appeal Board's finding that a challenged design patent.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board's (Board) interference decision finding that priority belonged to the junior party based on sufficiently corroborated.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board (Board) obviousness decision after finding that the patent owner failed to explain.
Addressing claim construction issues in inter partes review proceedings before Patent Trial & Appeal Board, Federal Circuit affirmed obviousness finding some claims but reversed finding another claim because of claim construction error. VLSI Technology LLC v Intel Corporation
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board (Board) decision that prior art disclosing a class of 957 salts could not inherently anticipate claims.