Virnetx Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Prost, Chief Judge.
*1367 Appellant VirnetX Inc. ("VirnetX") appeals from decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") related to three inter partes reexaminations maintained by Apple Inc. ("Apple") and Cisco Systems, Inc. ("Cisco"). The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") concluded that Apple was not barred from maintaining its reexams by the estoppel provision of the pre-America Invents Act ("AIA") version of 35 U.S.C. § 317 (b) (2006). The Board affirmed the Examiner's determination that the claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,418,504 ("the '504 patent") and 7,921,211 ("the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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