Inherent Anticipation Again At Issue In Appeal Before Federal Circuit

Mealey's (October 22, 2018, 10:49 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Wisconsin federal judge’s decision to grant judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that two patents pertaining to ethyl alcohol production are inherently anticipated by prior art was error, the patent owner recently maintained before the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (U.S. Water Services Inc., et al. v. Novozymes A/S, et al., No. 18-2075, Fed. Cir.)....