Holding the Line on Anticipation against Eligibility Encroachement
Patent – Patently-O 2017-03-14
Summary:
Nidec Motor v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor (Fed. Cir. 2017) In a short and tidy opinion, the Federal Circuit has reversed a PTAB anticipation decision in an inter partes review – holding that the Board’s decision “is not supported by substantial evidence.” At issue is claim 21 of Nidec’s U.S. Patent No. 7,208,895, which claims a “permanent magnet […]