Welcome to this issue of The Precedent, which covers those opinions from Q3 and Q4 of 2023 that the Federal Circuit designated as precedential and worthy of publication in the Federal Reporter.
Through the Administrative Procedure Act, Congress intended to govern the judicial functions of administrative agencies and standardize judicial review of administrative decisions.
In Elekta Ltd. v. ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in an inter partes review that invalidated patent claims relating to "a device.
In Elekta Ltd. v. ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in an inter partes review that invalidated patent claims relating to.
In order for an invention to be patentable under the US patent regime, it must be both novel and non-obvious. Novelty, in this context, refers to whether the invention.