The Federal Circuit Opines on a Motivation to Combine
By EsqSocial Corporation 03/04/25
The Federal Circuit’s holding in United Servs. Auto. Ass’n v. PNC Bank N.A., No. 2023-2171, 2025 WL 339662 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 30, 2025) reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decision finding no motivation to combine. The opinion is nonprecedential, but the Federal Circuit’s analysis of the facts in light of recent precedent is instructive for patent practitioners....
By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.