Panel Issues Mixed Ruling In Appeal Of Post-Grant Review Of Vape Patent

(February 9, 2024, 12:47 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 said that although an obviousness challenge by Philip Morris Products S.A. to patented vaping technology was correctly decided in favor of the tobacco giant, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly found inadequate written descriptive support for two other claims....