Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Substitution|Based Obviousness ...

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Substitution-Based Obviousness ...

On February 24, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued an opinion affirming the obviousness decision of the U.S. Patent and ...

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Final Written Decision, Holding That ...

... CAFC found Omega's argument irrelevant. The CAFC explained that obviousness is determined based on what the combined teachings of the ...

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Not All Obviousness Arguments Are ...

The Court affirmed a PTAB decision (1) finding the at-issue claims were not unpatentable as obvious and (2) granting the issuance of substitute claims.

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Ruling of Obviousness for ... - JD Supra

Neenah asserted that the claims of these patents were rendered obvious on multiple separate grounds based on different prior art combinations, ...

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Conclusion of Obviousness on ...

In particular, the CAFC affirmed the PTAB's conclusion that the asserted patent claims would have been obvious because a modification of the ...

Federal Circuit Takes Rare Step of Sending Issue of Obviousness ...

... Court not to affirm a PTAB decision of obviousness in an ex parte appeal. ... Obviousness is a legal conclusion based on underlying ...

When 'Based On' Is Too Broad: Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB on ...

The PTAB instituted IPR and issued a final written decision holding claims 1-10 and 12-18 of the '218 patent unpatentable as obvious over a ...

The PTAB Can Offer A Second Chance At Obviousness—Even After ...

In affirming the PTAB, the Federal Circuit held that prior district court ... [4] Obviousness is a question of law based on underlying ...

Federal Circuit Clarifies Obviousness-Type Double Patenting's ...

In In re Cellect, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), holding that ...

In re Cellect - United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

19, 2020), J.A. 76–97; Ex parte Cellect LLC, Appeal 2021-. 005303 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 16, 2020), J.A. 2–24.1 For the rea- sons provided below, we ...

Federal Circuit Reaffirms Obviousness Standard by Reversing PTAB ...

Earlier this month, in University of Strathclyde v. Clear-Vu Lighting LLC, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the CAFC”) ...

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Obviousness of a Claimed ...

The examiner rejected the claim based on a prior art reference ... The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's ruling, rejecting the ...

Federal Circuit Patent Updates - March 2018 | WilmerHale

Reyna, J. Affirming PTAB rejection of application claims for obviousness. “Based on Appellants' many concessions that there is no meaningful ...

Common Sense May Substitute For Elements Not In The Prior Art

On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's conclusion that ... Quoting from the Supreme Court's seminal patent obviousness decision in KSR ...

PTAB Affirmance at the Federal Circuit | Articles - Finnegan

... based on two obviousness grounds.7 Notably, the petitioner proposed the ... The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's claim constructions and obviousness ...

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

For ground four, Shenzhen asserted that claims 1–4 and 6–8 were obvious based on Metzger and Wu. ... 2018), this court affirmed the. Board's ...

Petition Asks Federal Circuit for Clarity on Single Reference ...

... Federal Circuit affirming such PTAB ... CAFC Affirms Several PTAB Findings that Centripetal's Network Security Patent Claims are Obvious.

2019 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit

In addition to affirming the PTAB's decisions of unpatentability for obviousness, the Federal Circuit ... obviousness theories based on those same ...

In re Cuozzo: The Federal Circuit Affirms the PTAB's Finding of ...

Moreover, the PTAB also correctly decided that the challenged claims were obvious. A Substitute Claim May Not Encompass any Apparatus or ...

Federal Circuit Holds that the PTAB and District Courts May Reach ...

... obvious over the asserted prior art. Id. Previously, the Federal Circuit had affirmed the determination by the U.S. District Court for the ...