Board Construction Of Disputed Patent Claim Upheld On Appeal

(September 5, 2023, 12:43 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Connection rejection message” as the term is used in two mobile communications patents was properly construed by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to mean “a message that rejects a connection,” the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 1, affirming that the technology is anticipated or rendered obvious by prior art....