Legal Opinion
Classco, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 22, 2016No. 2015-1853PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOLL, Circuit Judge.
ClassCo, Inc. appeals from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes reexamination No. 95/002,109 of ClassCo’s U.S. Patent No. 6,970,695. The Board affirmed an examiner’s rejection of claims 2-5, 7, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26-30, and 34 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We affirm.
Background
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the ’695 patent on November 29, 2005. The patent discusses technology that identifies incoming telephone calls and alerts the called party to the caller’s identity. The specification explains that telephone companies…
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