Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released a nonprecedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here is the introduction to the opinion as well as a link to the dismissal.
Robert Bosch LLC v. Westport Fuel Systems Canada Inc. (Nonprecedential)
Westport Fuel Systems Canada Inc. (“Westport”) is the owner of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,298,829 (the “’829 patent”) and 6,575,138 (the “’138 patent”), which relate to “an injection valve . . . which includes a passive hydraulic link.” J.A. 94 (’829 pat. 1:12-17), J.A. 111 (’138 pat. 1:16-21). Robert Bosch LLC and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (together “Bosch”) filed petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) of various claims of the ’829 and ’138 patents. In two final written decisions, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) found that Bosch failed to prove that any of the challenged claims would have been obvious. Bosch now appeals, and we affirm.