Some claims of Becon Medical Limited and a physician’s patent that relates to correcting misshaped ears using a molding device are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found in an inter partes review brought by TalexMedical LLC. The board determined that certain of the claims are obvious over various combinations of publications that disclose a device for use in protecting the human ear, thermoplastic splints used to treat cryptotia, an ear splint having a wire core enclosed in a cover, and a prior patent that discloses a protective ear enclosure with an opening for ...
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