Legal Opinion
In Re: Aqua Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 25, 2016No. 2015-1177PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNA, Circuit Judge.
Aqua Products, Inc. (“Aqua”) appeals from the final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) in an inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 8,273,183 (“183 patent”). The Board denied Aqua’s motion to substitute claims 22-24. Aqua challenges the Board’s amendment procedures, which require the patentee to demonstrate that the amended claims would be patentable over the art of record. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
A. Patented Technology
The 183 patent concerns automated swimming pool cleaners, which are devices used to filter water and scrub pool surfaces.…
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