Halliburton Defends Patent Board’s Anticipation, Obviousness Determinations

(January 30, 2024, 10:16 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Substantial evidence supports a final written decision (FWD) by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that technology directed to the automation of hydraulic fracturing processes is unpatentable, Halliburton Energy Systems Inc. maintains in a recent appellee brief filed with the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....