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

Challenged claims of Philip Morris Products S.A.'s patent directed to a cartridge for aerosol-generating systems, in particular electrically operated smoking systems, are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found in an inter partes review brought by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. The board determined that the challenged claims are obvious over prior art titled “Simulated Cigarette” and “Capillary Force Vaporizers.”