Legal Opinion

Power Integrations, Inc. v. Lee

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 12, 2015No. 2014-1123PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAYER, Circuit Judge.

Power Integrations, Inc. (“Power Integrations”) challenges a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“board”) affirming the rejection of claims 1, 17, 18, and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 6,249,-876 (the “'876 patent”) as anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). See Ex parte Powers Integration, Inc., No. 2010-011021, 2010 WL 5244756 (B.P.A.I. Dec. 22, 2010) (“Powér Integrations III ”). For the reasons discussed below, we vacate and remand.

BACKGROUND

The '876 patent is entitled “Frequency Jittering Control for Varying the Switching Frequency of a Power Supply.” It…

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