This morning, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions. One addresses an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Another addresses an appeal from a district court judgment and accompanying order in a patent case mandating the correction of inventorship of several patents. The third addresses an appeal from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which held that certain claims had not been shown to be unpatentable as obvious in view of asserted prior art. Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit also released one dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and link to the dismissal.
Chapman v. McDonough (Nonprecedential Opinion)
Ronald L. Chapman appeals a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Veterans Court) that affirmed in part a decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board). Because we lack jurisdiction over Mr. Chapman’s appeal, we dismiss.
Tube-Mac Industries, Inc. v. Campbell (Nonprecedential Opinion)
Steve Campbell appeals from a decision and accompanying order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia mandating the correction of inventorship of U.S. Patent 9,376,049 (the “’049 patent”), as well as several corresponding foreign patents, to add Gary Mackay and Dan Hewson as named inventors. Tube-Mac Indus., Inc. v. Campbell, 616 F. Supp. 3d 498 (E.D. Va. 2022) (“Decision”). For the following reasons, we affirm.
SharkNinja Operating LLC v. iRobot Corp. (Nonprecedential Opinion)
SharkNinja Operating LLC, SharkNinja Management LLC, and SharkNinja Sales Company (“SharkNinja”) appeal from a final written decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) holding that claims 24, 25, 32−34, 36, 37, 55, 56, and 62 of U.S. Patent 7,571,511 had not been shown to have been unpatentable as obvious in view of the asserted prior art. SharkNinja Operating LLC v. iRobot Corp., No. IPR2021-00545, 2022 WL 4111189 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 6, 2022) (“Decision”). For the following reasons, we affirm.