Panel Upholds Patent Board Definition Of A Person Of Skill In The Art

Mealey's (April 5, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an April 1 holding, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals left intact a determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a method for reducing the pressure gradient of fluids in oil and gas wells would have been anticipated or obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSA)....