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

Claims of Masimo Corporation’s patent that describes a physiological measurement system that utilizes an alarm suspend system are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board held, in an inter partes review by Sotera Wireless Inc. The board said the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including a patent that describes apparatuses and methods for monitoring physiological characteristics such as blood glucose levels or other characteristics, and a thesis entitled “Simulation and Mathematical Notation of Alarms Unit for Computer Assisted Resuscitation Algorithm.” And the board dismissed as moot Sotera’s motion to exclude ...