Auris Health, Inc. v. Intuitive Surgical Operations, Federal Circuit concluded generic industry skepticism about robotic surgery cannot preclude a finding of a motivation to combine. The Board’s motivation-to-combine was based exclusively on evidence of general skepticism.
Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Hunting Titan, Inc. v. Dynaenergetics Europe GMBH, affirming a precedential decision of a Precedential Opinion Panel POP of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTAB that granted a motion to amend claims in an inter partes review proceeding.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has made a rare criticism of a precedential opinion panel decision, as it upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling in favour of oil drilling tech company DynaEnergetics.
A seemingly small decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit could have a big impact on owners of design patents, explains Elizabeth Ferrill of Finnegan.