Legal Opinion
Tempo Lighting, Inc. v. Tivoli, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 10, 2014No. 20-2044PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Chief Judge.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) reversed the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-3 and 6-13 of U.S. Patent No. 6,554,446 ('446 patent). Tempo Lighting, Inc. (Tempo) appeals that decision. Because the Board’s decision lacks the support of substantial evidence in the record and because the Board erred in concluding that Tempo waived certain arguments, this court vacates the decision in-part and remands.
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Tivoli, LLC (Tivoli) owns the '446 patent. The '446 patent relates to a stair-step lighting apparatus that uses a…
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