Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing a case. This morning, the court released two nonprecedential opinions and three nonprecedential orders. Of the nonprecedential opinions, one comes in a patent case on appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, while the other comes in an appeal from a decision by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Of the nonprecedential orders, one grants a joint motion to remand a case and the other two dismiss appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the orders.
Samsung Electronics Co. v. Power2B, Inc. (Nonprecedential)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively, “Samsung”) filed for inter partes review (“IPR”) of a patent owned by Power2B, Inc. (“Power2B”), which is directed to interaction with an interactive screen on a device. Central to the appeal is the Board’s construction of “an impingement of an electromagnetic radiation spot,” which the Board construed as requiring electromagnetic radiation to perform the impingement. J.A. 29-30. Applying this construction, the Board found that Samsung’s asserted prior art did not disclose this limitation of the challenged claims. Samsung appeals, arguing that “impingement” should be given its plain and ordinary meaning, which includes an object interrupting or blocking electromagnetic radiation without that object having to project or reflect radiation. We conclude that the Board construed the claim language too narrowly. Accordingly, we vacate and remand for the Board to consider Samsung’s challenges under the correct construction.
Washington v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (Nonprecedential)
Kali Washington was terminated from her position as a Senior Correctional Officer at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, Florida (“FDC Miami”) for three violations of policy: failure to follow a supervisor’s instructions, failure to conduct special housing unit (“SHU”) rounds, and introduction of contraband. An arbitrator sustained the removal decision and Ms. Washington appeals. We affirm.