Legal Opinion

Owens Corning v. Fast Felt Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 11, 2017No. 2016-2613PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TARANTO, Circuit Judge.

Fast Felt Corporation owns U.S. Patent No. 8,137,757, which describes and claims methods for printing nail tabs or reinforcement strips on roofing or building cover material. Fast Felt sued Owens Corning for infringement, and Owens Corning then filed a petition with the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) seeking 'an inter partes review of claims 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-19. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board, acting as the delegate of the PTO’s Director under 37 C.F.R. § 42.4(a), instituted a review of all of the challenged claims on grounds of…

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