Panel Upholds ‘Optical Ribbon’ Claim Construction By Patent Board

Mealey's (July 22, 2019, 11:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A patent owner’s appeal of findings of unpatentability based upon a construction by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of “optical ribbon” as the term appears in two patents relating to fiber optic communication was rejected July 19 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (CCS Technology Inc. v. Panduit Corp., Nos. 2018-1733, -1734, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21400)....