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6 October 2021Biotechnology

Federal Circuit gives kiss of life to lip filler design patent

Medical device company SurgiSil has persuaded the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that its application for a design patent covering a lip filler was erroneously rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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