(July 11, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A May 2016 final decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that upheld a patent examiner’s rejection of a patented method for improving vein accessibility during venipuncture will stand, despite reconsideration on July 11 by the board (Ex parte Hermsmeyer, No. 2013-010635, PTAB)....