Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. This morning, the court released two nonprecedential opinions. One comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the other comes in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as links to the dismissals.
Vancott v. Collins (Nonprecedential)
Michael Vancott appeals a judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”) finding no clear and unmistakable error (“CUE”) in a 2012 United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) rating decision, which assigned Mr. Vancott a 10% service-connection disability rating for his left knee. We affirm.
Amsted Rail Company, Inc. v. Squires (Nonprecedential)
Amsted Rail Co., Inc. (Amsted) appeals a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) determining certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,137,915 (’915 patent) unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and denying Amsted’s motion to amend. Hum Indus. Tech., Inc. v. Amsted Rail Co., Inc., No. IPR2023-00540, 2024 WL 3678789 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 6, 2024) (Decision). We see no error in the Board’s claim construction, factual findings, or denial of the motion to amend. We affirm.