Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

Some challenged claims of E-Vision Optics LLC’s patent that discloses eyeglass frames having one or more conductors that may be utilized to form a part of a conductive path from the temple to the lens housing of the frames are unpatentable as anticipated by and obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Luxottica of America Inc. The board determined that some challenged claims are anticipated by and obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses hearing aids removably mounted in a pair of spectacles, electro-active spectacles, ...