The Federal Circuit affirmed tribunal decisions nixing parts of three patents covering a system for using ethanol in gasoline engines, which
In a precedential opinion Tuesday, the appeals court rejected Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s arguments that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board exceeded its authority by delaying a decision in Ford’s validity challenges to await a decision in a related appeal.
While MIT characterized its appeal as being about the PTAB’s effective stay of a rehearing petition, the three-judge panel said it’s a challenge to the board’s decision to take up Ford’s petitions, ...