Legal Opinion
In Re: Power Integrations, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 19, 2018No. 2017-1304PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mayer, Circuit Judge.
Power Integrations, Inc. ("Power Integrations") appeals the remand decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("board") rejecting claims 1, 17, 18, and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 6,249,876 ("the '876 patent") as anticipated. See In re Power Integrations, Inc. , No. 90/008,326, 2016 Pat. App. LEXIS 11870 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 4, 2016) (" Remand Decision "). Because the board's anticipation rejections were based on an unreasonably broad claim construction, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The '876 Patent
The '876 patent is entitled "Frequency Jittering Control for Varying the Switching…
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