Legal Opinion
Rambus Inc. v. Rea
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 24, 2013No. 2012-1634PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Rambus ínc. appeals from the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (Board) holding invalid various claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,260,097 ('097 patent) for anticipation and obviousness. Rambus challenges the Board’s claim construction and its obviousness decision. Because the Board correctly construed the claims but erred in its obviousness decision, we affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.
Background
This case relates to memory circuits known as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). Conventional memory circuits transfer all of the data upon request,…
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