This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and one nonprecedential order. The precedential opinion comes in a veterans case on appeal from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case on appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the nonprecedential order dismisses an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the order.
Roseberry v. Collins (Precedential)
George Roseberry appeals a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) dismissing his application for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”) as untimely. Because the Veterans Court utilized the correct “extraordinary circumstances” standard when determining that Mr. Roseberry’s deadline for filing his application was not entitled to equitable tolling, we affirm.
Samsung Electronics Co. v. Power2B, Inc. (Nonprecedential)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. appeal a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board holding claims 15–18, 21, 22, and 30 of U.S. Patent No. 8,624,850 and claims 26, 29, 36–38, 44–46, 48, 49, and 56–58 of U.S. Patent No. 9,569,093 were not shown to be unpatentable. Power2B, Inc. cross-appeals the Board’s holding that claims 31 and 41 of the ’850 patent and claims 1, 5, 8, and 12–13 of the ’093 patent are unpatentable. For the following reasons, we affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.