This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions. One comes in a patent case on appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the other comes in a veterans case on appeal from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions.
Kerry Group Services International Ltd. v. Florida Food Products, LLC (Nonprecedential)
Patent owner Kerry Group Services International Ltd. (Kerry) appeals an inter partes review (IPR) final written decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board). Fla. Food Prods., LLC v. Kerry Grp. Servs. Int’l Ltd., No. IPR2022-00006, 2023 WL 12026763 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 26, 2023) (Decision). The Board held claims 1–5 of U.S. Patent No. 11,071,304 (’304 patent) unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over the combined disclosures of Voorde and Hara. For the following reasons, we vacate and remand.
Rockwood v. Collins (Nonprecedential)
Thomas W. Rockwood, III, appeals a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Veterans Court) affirming the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) decision with respect to Mr. Rockwood’s claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in his 1991 rating decision and claim for an earlier effective date, and dismissing his claim of CUE in his 1982 rating decision for lack of jurisdiction. For the following reasons, we affirm-in-part and dismiss-in-part.