Legal Opinion

In Re Huai-Hung Kao

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided May 13, 2011No. 2010-1307, 2010-1308, 2010-1309PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LINN, Circuit Judge.

Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Endo”) is the assignee of three patent applications related to controlled-release tablets containing the opioid narcotic oxymorphone. The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“the Board”), in separate appeals, affirmed the rejection of the claims of each application as obvious, and Endo has separately appealed each decision to this court.

The Board affirmed the rejection of all pending claims of United States Patent Application No. 11/680,432 (“the '432 Application”), United States Patent Application No. 12/167,859 (“the '859…

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