Mealey's (October 7, 2016, 9:47 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A petition for inter partes review by Minerva Surgical Inc. was granted Oct. 6 by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which agreed that claims 1-15 of a patented method of detecting body cavity perforations are likely invalid under 35 U.S. Code Section 103 (Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc., No. IPR2016-00868, PTAB)....