Panel Affirms: Patent Applicant Lacks Standing In Interference Proceeding

Mealey's (May 8, 2020, 1:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a May 6 holding, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a German company cannot continue an interference between its patent application and an existing patent because the applied-for patent is indefinite (Dionex Softron GmbH v. Agilent Technologies Inc., No. 19-1888, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14469)....