United States Federal Circuit

The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision rejecting certain claims of the patent application for a bone screw for obviousness is vacated and remanded, where the Board made new findings and adopted different reasons to support a new ground of rejection, thus depriving applicant of both notice and an opportunity to respond.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/18/2013
• Decided 10/18/2013
• Published 10/18/2013

Judges

• LINN

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel