When is the PTO’s claim construction “reasonable”?
Patent – Patently-O 2017-01-11
Summary:
D’Agostino v. Mastercard (Fed. Cir. 2016) John D’Agostino’s patents cover processes for creating limited-use transaction codes to improve credit card security. U.S. Patent Nos. 7,840,486 and 8,036,988. The approach basically keeps the card number out of the hands of the merchant (where most scamming occurs). After being sued for infringement, MasterCard filed for inter partes review and successfully […]