Legal Opinion
Medtronic, Inc. v. Barry
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 11, 2018No. 2017-1169, 2017-1170PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chen, Circuit Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal from two related decisions of the U.S. Patent and *1371 Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeals Board (Board) in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. The Board concluded that the petitioner, Medtronic, Inc., had not proven that the challenged patent claims are unpatentable.
We affirm-in-part and vacate-in-part. Substantial evidence supports the Board's determination that the challenged claims would not have been obvious over two references: (1) U.S. Patent Application No. 2005/0245928 (the '928 Application) ; and (2) a book chapter which…
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