When can prior art references be combined to invalidate patent claims as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103? Here is one case providing a lesson on this question. In Nidec Motor Corporation v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. Ltd.,…
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The Federal Circuit recently clarified the scope of estoppel for inter partes reexaminations, ruling in a pair of decisions that a district-court decision only estops arguments against individual claims of a patent and that a dism…
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