Lighting Ballast Control LLC v. Philips Electronics North America Corp.

 
APPEAL NO.
12-1014
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Newman

Question(s) Presented

“This court undertook rehearing en banc for the purpose of reconsidering the standard of appellate review of claim construction.”

Holding

“[W]e apply the principles of stare decisis, and confirm the Cybor standard of de novo review of claim construction, whereby the scope of the patent grant is reviewed as a matter of law.”