Legal Opinion

Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided May 14, 2018No. 2017-1947PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bryson, Circuit Judge.

*1375 This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review proceeding. The Board held all of the claims of a patent owned by Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to be unpatentable for obviousness. Anacor has appealed with respect to only one of the rejected claims. We affirm.

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The patent in suit, U.S. Patent No. 7,582,621 ("the '621 patent") is entitled "Boron-containing Small Molecules." The patent is directed to the use of 1,3-dihydro-5-fluoro-1-hydroxy-2, 1-benzoxaborole, also known as tavaborole, to treat fungal infections. In…

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