The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that claims of Pictometry International Corporation’s patent that discloses a method for measuring roofs using aerial imagery are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Roofr Inc. The court found no reversible error in the board’s interpretation of “predominant pitch” and concluded that prior art references would have made the claims obvious.
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