Legal Opinion

In Re Enhanced Security Research, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided January 13, 2014No. 20-115PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge O’MALLEY.

DYK, Circuit Judge.

Enhanced Security Research, LLC (“ESR”) appeals from the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”), now the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in an ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,119,236 (“the '236 patent”). The Board affirmed the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) examiner’s rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-19 as obvious. We affirm.

Background

The '236 patent, as amended, claims a computer security device and method for preventing unauthorized…

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