Legal Opinion
Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 28, 2018No. 2017-1555; 2017-1626PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOLL, Circuit Judge.
*1313 Years after Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. first sued Atlanta Gas Light Co. for infringing its U.S. Patent No. 5,810,029, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted Atlanta Gas's inter partes review (IPR), held all challenged claims of Bennett's '029 patent unpatentable, and then sanctioned Atlanta Gas. Bennett appeals, arguing that 35 U.S.C. § 315 (b) barred institution, that its claims should have survived, and that the Board should have imposed greater sanctions. Atlanta Gas cross-appeals, seeking to overturn the sanctions.
Because the Board exceeded its authority…
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