Legal Opinion
In Re: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 9, 2016No. 2015-1050; 2015-1058PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACH, Circuit Judge.
Based on two petitions filed by NuVa-sive, Inc. (“NuVasive”), the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted inter partes reviews of claims 1-30 of U.S. Patent No. 8,251,997 (“the ’997 patent”). In separate Final Written Decisions, the PTAB found claims 1-8 and 17-23 obvious and therefore invalid. See NuVasive, Inc. v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. (NuVasive I), No. IPR2013-00208, 2014 WL 3422010 (P.T.A.B. July 10, 2014) (addressing claims 1-8); NuVasive, Inc. v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. (NuVasive II), No.…
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