Legal Opinion
Outdry Technologies Corp. v. Geox S.P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 16, 2017No. 2016-1769PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Outdry Technologies Corp. (“Outdry”) appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) inter partes review decision holding that claims 1-15 of U.S. Patent No. 6,855,171 (“the ’171 patent”) would have been obvious over a combination of prior art. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
Background
The ’171 patent claims methods of waterproofing leather, particularly for the manufacture of shoes, clothes, or leather accessories, ’171 patent at 1:12-14. The specification discloses prior art methods of waterproofing leather shoes, including sewing a fabric lining…
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