Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.)

April 14, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that challenged claims of AlmondNet Inc.'s patent that relates to a mercantile method directed to brokerage of attributes of information are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Meta Platforms Inc.

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