Federal Circuit Review - Issue 294
By EsqSocial Corporation 22/04/21
294-1. Federal Circuit Finds a 1987 NASA Article Describing “Futuristic” Technologies to Be a Non-Enabling Prior Art Reference The Federal Circuit recently reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) decision, finding a sole section 103 reference to be non-self-enabling. In so holding, the Court found that Raytheon’s turbine engine design could not be rendered obvious by the reference. See Raytheon Techs. Corp. v. GE, No. 2020-1755, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 10961 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 16, 2021)...
By: Troutman Pepper