Lone Star Silicon Innovations v. Iancu

 
APPEAL NO.
19-1669
OP. BELOW
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Lourie

Question(s) Presented

1. “[W]hether the Board may issue a final written decision in inter partes review proceedings, which invalidates duly issued patent claims based on a ground not asserted in the corresponding petition.” 2. “[W]hether the Board did so in the instant case by invalidating claims 2 and 7 based on a different combination of teachings and prior art references than those asserted in the petition, upon recognizing that the petition’s alleged combination failed to disclose all elements of the claims.” 3. “[W]hether this Court has jurisdiction to review and remedy the Board’s unauthorized final decision invalidating those claims based on a ground not asserted in the petition.”

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