Panel Affirms Claim Construction But Reverses Patent Validity Holding

Mealey's (June 23, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a June 21 holding agreed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that the term “inflatable body” requires substantial airtightness but disagreed with the board’s subsequent determination that an air mattress patent is valid....