Every decision we've summarized from United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a veteran's motion to revise a prior Board order for clear and unmistakable error, holding that a prior judicial affirmance bars such revision. The court further ruled that a remand order is not a final decision subject to revision under the applicable regulations.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal because the appellant failed to pay the required docketing fee within the statutory deadline. This dismissal was based on a lack of prosecution rather than a review of the underlying legal arguments.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal because the appellant failed to pay the required docketing fee within the time allowed by court rules. This procedural failure resulted in a dismissal without the court addressing the merits of the underlying claim.
The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's determination that Universal Electronics' patent claims were unpatentable as obvious. The court found substantial evidence that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to combine four prior art references to achieve the claimed method of adjusting appliance volume based on noise thresholds.