Legal Opinion

Knowles Electronics LLC v. Iancu

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided April 6, 2018No. 2016-1954PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Newman.

Wallach, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Knowles Electronics LLC ("Knowles") appeals the inter partes reexamination decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's ("USPTO") Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") that affirmed an examiner's findings that (1)

*1372claims 1-2, 5-6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 8,018,049 ("the '049 patent") are unpatentable as anticipated; and (2) claims 21-23 and 25-26 of the '049 patent would have been obvious over various prior art references. Analog Devices, Inc. v. Knowles Elecs. LLC (Analog Devices I ),…

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