Board Correctly Found Patented Hair Treatment Partly Obvious, Panel Says

Mealey's (February 1, 2021, 12:34 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A mixed outcome in a post-grant review (PGR) was affirmed Jan. 28 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which agreed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that some claims of a patented hair treatment would have been obvious while others were not proven unpatentable....