The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that some challenged claims of Anderson Power Products Inc.'s patent that relates to electrical connectors with anti-arcing features are unpatentable as anticipated by and obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by BizLink Technology Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are anticipated by and obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses an electrical connector, that provides a device that electrically connects conductors from a cable to the electrical contacts of a plug or receptacle by means of a single fastener, and that purports to ...
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