May 03, 2018
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightfully invalidated the bulk of claims in a Four Mile Bay LLC hip implant patent following a challenge from competitor Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc., the Federal Circuit ruled Thursday.
August 01, 2017
A patent company asked the Federal Circuit on Friday to revive a porous metal hip implant patent invalidated for obviousness by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, arguing that combining prior art is much more difficult than PTAB allowed.