Legal Opinion
In Re: Nuvasive, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 7, 2016No. 2015-1670PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant NuVasive, Inc. (“NuVasive”) appeals the final written decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), finding claims 1-14, 19-20, and 23-27 of U.S. Patent No. 8,361;156 (“the ’156 patent”) invalid as obvious. See Medtronic, Inc. v. NuVasive, Inc., No. IPR2013-00506, 2015 WL 996352, at *2 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 11, 2015). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(4)(A) (2012). We vacate and remand.
BACKGROUND
NuVasive is the assignee of the ’156 patent, which generally relates to “[a] system and method for…
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