Panel Partly Affirms, Partly Remands Board Patentability Holdings

Mealey's (April 4, 2022, 11:57 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an April 1 ruling addressing the outcome of several inter partes reviews (IPRs), the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the Patent Trial and Appeal Board must revisit its determination that 10 claims of two software patents are nonobvious, in a win for patent challenger Microsoft Corp....