Legal Opinion

Natural Alternatives Int'l, Inc. v. Iancu

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 1, 2018No. 2017-1962PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Prost, Chief Judge.

*1377 Woodbolt Distributors, LLC ("Woodbolt") requested that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") reexamine U.S. Patent No. 8,067,381 ("the '381 patent") owned by Natural Alternatives International, Inc. ("NAI"). The PTO ordered inter partes reexamination, and the examiner rejected the challenged claims as anticipated by or obvious over cited prior art, including a parent of the reexamined patent. NAI appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's ("Board") final determination affirming the examiner's rejections and its subsequent denial of NAI's request for…

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