Sony Corporation v. Iancu

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Newman.

Dyk, Circuit Judge *1237Sony Corp. is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,097,676 ("the '676 patent"). It appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's ("Board's") final decision in IPR No. 2016-00834. The Board found claims 5 and 8 of the '676 patent unpatentable as obvious. We vacate and remand.

BACKGROUND

The '676 patent is directed to "an information recording medium" (e.g., a compact disk, video disk, or magneto-optical disk) that can store audio data having multiple channels and "a reproducing device" that can select which channel to play based on a…