· 6/12/1997
Jerry Gechter, Robert L. Pokress, Jeffrey A. Fried, and G. Wayne Andrews v. Wayne A. Davidson and Diana S. Winter
Citations
- 116 F.3d 1454
- 43 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1030
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 14073
- 1997 WL 318030
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- explaining that the board’s reasoning must be set out with sufficient specificity to enable this court, “without resort to speculation,” to effectively evaluate an anticipation rejection
- holding Case: 22-1230 Document: 32 Page: 8 Filed: 05/10/2023 8 IN RE: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. that “the Board’s opinion lacks the level of specificity nec- essary for [] review” because the Board’s decision addressed only one of several limitations in the claim
- vacating and remanding where the Board’s opinion, inter alia, lacked a claim construction
- in an interference, remanding to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences for lack of a claim construction analysis as well as conclusory anticipation findings
- “Necessary findings must be expressed with sufficient particularity to enable our court, without resort to speculation, to understand the reasoning of the Board.”
- “The same rule governs when a conclusion on a crucial issue of law is omitted.”
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Judges: Lourie, Michel, Schall
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