This morning the Federal Circuit issued one nonprecedential opinion in a patent case. Here is the introduction to the opinion.
Solenis Technologies, LP v. SNF SAS (Nonprecedential)
Solenis Technologies L.P. (“Solenis”) appeals from the decision of the United States Patent Office Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 2–55 of U.S. Patent 6,454,902 (“the ’902 patent”) in an inter partes reexamination. SNF SAS v. Ciba Speciality Chems. Water Treatments Ltd., No. 2015-007695, 2018 WL 3456088, at *1 (P.T.A.B. July 16, 2018) (“Second Board Decision”), reh’g denied, 2019 WL 1580145 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 10, 2019). For the reasons detailed below, we affirm.