Informative Decisions Address Design Choice Considerations

Today, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) designated two ex parte appeal decision informative, Ex parte Spangler, Appeal No. 2018-003800 (Feb. 20, 2019) & Ex parte Maeda, Appeal No. 2010-009814 (Oct. 23, 2012)

The Spangler decision (here) affirmed an examiner’s obviousness rejection determining that…