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24 October 2023MedtechLiz Hockley

Fed Circ contests PTAB over single or plural meaning in microfluidic device patent

Judges partially overturn decision that ABS had failed to prove claims in Cytonome patent were invalid | PTAB and appeals court differ in interpretation of whether claims language had single or plural meaning.

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