C&D Zodiac, Inc. Post grant review

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Case Number:

PGR2017-00019

Case Type:

PGR

Status:

FWD Entered

Petitioner:

C&D Zodiac, Inc.

  1. June 26, 2020

    Fed. Circ. Affirms PTAB Ax Of Aircraft Space-Saving IP

    A Federal Circuit panel ruled Friday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board didn't err when it invalidated two B/E Aerospace Inc. patents covering space-saving modifications for aircraft quarters like bathrooms, closets and galleys as being obvious.

  2. October 25, 2018

    PTAB Applies AIA On-Sale Bar, Nixes Aircraft Potty Patent

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated claims of two B/E Aerospace patents covering compact design for aircraft quarters such as lavatories, finding that B/E's sale of its lavatory structure to Boeing, Delta and United Airlines triggered the on-sale bar of one of the patents under the America Invents Act.