Before Stoll, Stark, and Goldberg (sitting by designation). Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s rejection of a derivation challenge, ...
In one of the first decisions regarding derivation proceedings under the America Invents Act (AIA), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s finding ...
“[T]he required elements of a derivation claim have not changed other than to the extent necessary to reflect the transition from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system of patent administration.” ...