Legal Opinion
EmeraChem Holdings, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 15, 2017No. 2016-1984PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
EmeraChem Holdings, LLC (“Emera-Chem”) appeals from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) that claims 1-14 and 16-20 of U.S. Patent No. 5,599,758 (“the ’758 patent”) would have been obvious over U.S. Patent No. 5,451,558 (“Campbell ’558”), Japanese Patent Application No. 62-106826 (“Saito”), and U.S. Patent No. 5,362,463 (“Stiles”). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the Board’s decisions as to claims 1-2, 4-14, and 17-19 and vacate and remand as to claims 3,16, and 20.
Background
The ’758 patent claims methods for regenerating a devitalized…
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