Board Rejects Challenge By R.J. Reynolds Of Electronic Cigarette Patent

Mealey's (March 6, 2018, 7:45 AM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a final written decision issued March 2, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board disagreed with R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. that 14 claims of a patent titled “Electronic Cigarette” would have been obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSITA) (R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company v. Fontem Holdings 1 B.V., No. IPR2016-01692, PTAB)....