Federal Circuit Says Patent Board Claim Construction Was Error

Mealey's (September 26, 2019, 11:31 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 25 vacated findings of patent ineligibility by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, finding instead that under a correct claim construction, the patent in suit may be exempt from covered business method (CBM) review (SIPCO LLC v. Emerson Electric Company, No. 18-1635, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 28935)....