Legal Opinion
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. v. Sfc Co. Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 15, 2017No. 2016-2721PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (“Idemitsu”) seeks review of the July 29, 2016 decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) finding claims 1-5, 7-11, 13, and 14 of U.S. Patent No. 8,334,648 (“the ’648 patent”) invalid as obvious over International Publication WO 02/052904 (“Arakane”). See SFC Co. Ltd. v. Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., No. IPR2015-00564, 2016 Pat. App. LEXIS 13340 (P.T.A.B. July 29, 2016). For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. Background
Idemitsu is the owner of the ’648 patent, titled “Organic Electroluminescence Device and Organic Light Emitting…
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