Panel Confirms Patentability Of E-Cigarette Technology In Blow To Philip Morris

(September 15, 2023, 1:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 15 that substantial evidence supports a final written decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that rejected Philip Morris Products S.A.’s assertions that a patented e-cigarette would have been obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSITA)....