Legal Opinion
Sirona Dental Sys. GMBH v. Institut Straumann AG, Dental Wings Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 19, 2018No. 2017-1341, 2017-1403PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Circuit Judge.
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH appeals the final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") holding claims 1-8 of U.S. Patent No. 6,319,006 unpatentable as obvious over the combination of German Patent No. 195 10 294 ("Bannuscher") and U.S. Patent No. 5,842,858 ("Truppe"), and denying Sirona's contingent motion to amend the claims. Institut Straumann AG and Dental Wings *1352 Inc. (collectively, "Petitioners") cross-appeal the Board's decision holding patentable claims 9-10 of the '006 patent. For the following reasons, we affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and…
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