Federal Circuit: Patent Board Adopted Erroneous Claim Construction

Mealey's (August 12, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Findings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a petitioner for inter partes review (IPR) failed to prove various claims of a patented seismometer are anticipated or obvious were reversed and remanded by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 11....