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

Challenged claims of e-Vision Optics LLC’s patent that relates to electronic spectacle frames with a housing module attached to a structural member of the frame are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Luxottica of America Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses an electronic circuit within eyewear that allows a user to monitor its exposure to radiation, that relates to a pair of glasses with one or more electrical components partially or fully ...