This morning, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions. Two come in patent cases and one comes in a case dismissed by the Court of Federal Claims for lack of jurisdiction. The Federal Circuit also released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the dismissal.
In re BAC IP B.V. (Nonprecedential)
BAC IP B.V. (“BAC”) appeals from a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”). The Board affirmed an examiner’s rejection of claims 77–83 and 85–94 of U.S. Patent Application 16/282,082 (“the ’082 application”) for failing to provide an adequate written description. Ex parte Hermans No. 2023-000567, 2024 WL 2207259 (P.T.A.B. May 15, 2024) (“Decision”). We affirm.
McCrory v. United States (Nonprecedential)
Suzanne McCrory appeals from the decision of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissing her complaint for lack of jurisdiction. McCrory v. United States, 174 Fed. Cl. 311 (2024) (“Decision”). For the following reasons, we affirm.
SunSpec Alliance v. Tigo Energy, Inc. (Nonprecedential)
SunSpec Alliance (SunSpec) appeals from two final written decisions (FWD) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) holding SunSpec failed to show certain challenged claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,933,321 and 10,256,770 are unpatentable. For the following reasons, we affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand-in-part.