Panel: Patent Covering Artificial Heart Valve Not Anticipated, Obvious

Mealey's (October 19, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an Oct. 15 ruling, the Federal Circuit reversed findings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that four claims of a patented artificial heart valve are anticipated by prior art (St. Jude Medical LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC, No. 19-2108, Fed. Cir.)....