Challenged claims of ST Reproductive Technologies LLC’s patent that relates to a computer-implemented animal management system are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by smaXtec Inc. and smaXtec Animal Care GmbH. The board said that the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that relates to a surveillance system used in animal husbandry, to a farm management system for providing different levels of access and control to different users, and to a system for assisting in managing a dairy farm herd. And ...
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