The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in a precedential decision today that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) does not lose its statutory authority to issue a Final Written Decision when it misses the 1.5-year deadline to do so, as established by the patent statute.
In a split decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s award of more than $5 million in attorneys’ fees, finding that the district court did.
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Malvern Panalytical Inc. v. TA Instruments-Waters LLC, et al., No. 2022-1439 (Fed. Cir. (D. Del.) Nov. 1, 2023). Opinion by Prost, joined by Hughes and Cunningham. Waters sued Malvern.
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