Patent Owner Tells Federal Circuit Petition Was Time-Barred

(October 12, 2017, 3:42 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A final written decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that found certain claims of a patented moving flame, flameless candle unpatentable as obvious should be vacated because one of the underlying petitions for inter partes review was untimely, the patent owner recently told the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (In re: Luminara Worldwide LLC, No. 17-1629, Fed. Cir.)....