Patent Owner Prevails Before Federal Circuit In Appeal Of Re-Examination

Mealey's (March 20, 2018, 8:37 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that rejected as anticipated four claims of a power supply patent was based upon an “unreasonably” broad construction of the disputed claim term “coupled,” the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 19 (In re: Power Integrations Inc., No. 17-1304, Fed. Cir.)....