Claim Constructions Debated In New Patent Appeal To Federal Circuit

Mealey's (July 11, 2017, 12:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a July 6 reply brief, a patent owner disputes assertions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the patent owner’s appeal of an adverse inter partes review (IPR) outcome seeks a narrower claim construction of a temperature limitation that would render various dependent claims superfluous (ZoomEssence Inc. v. Joseph Matal, Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, No. 17-1581, Fed. Cir.)....