Facebook, USPTO Spar Over Denial Of Contiguous Image Patent Application

Mealey's (August 10, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oral arguments before the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals were held Aug. 9 in a dispute between Facebook Inc. and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which upheld an examiner’s denial of a patent application by the social media giant on grounds of anticipation (In re: Facebook Inc., No. 17-2524, Fed. Cir.)....