Surgeon’s skepticism of robot surgery doesn’t make robot surgeon patentable

No obligation to volunteer unpatentability issues for a proposed substitute claim based on the prior art of record

Claims to acne treatment “without” ingredient invalidated by reference that did not mention the ingredient

Patent combining ballistic parachute and autopilot system found obvious

The term “fields” requires more than one field

Negative statements in prior art and objective indicia did not negate obviousness

Positions advanced by Caltech, Apple, and Broadcom altered the scope of IPR estoppel and could have had a dramatic effect on patent eligibility and damages computations

Competitor could not convince PTAB to invalidate patent

Descriptions of prior art contained in a challenged patent cannot form the basis of a ground for an inter partes review (IPR) but can be used in the IPR

Intel’s challenges to Qualcomm’s patents sent back to the USPTO to resolve claim interpretation and obviousness issues