Law360 | PTAB Nixes Utility Pole Patent Claims In AIA Review

Alston & Bird client McWane Inc. secured a major victory before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a ruling upholding a decision by the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated a reissue patent relating to centrifugally cast utility poles.

Alston & Bird client McWane Inc. recently won an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding before the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), successfully invalidating a reissue patent relating to centrifugally cast utility poles.