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

May 5, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined that challenged claims of Ostemed LLC’s patent that discloses a system for securing bones together across a joint are unpatenable as anticipated by prior art, in an inter partes review by Stryker Corporation and Wright Medical Technology Inc. According to the board, the challenged claims are anticipated by prior art that relates to an ankle fusion plate for fusion of the anterior ankle.

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