Mealey's (December 10, 2018, 1:49 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A continued effort by a patent owner to assert that a prior art reference does not qualify as a printed publication within the meaning of Section 102 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), was rebuffed Dec. 10 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (VirnetX Inc. v. Apple Inc., Nos. 2017-2490, -2494, Fed. Cir.)....