Philips Health Tech Patent Affirmed as Invalid by Appeals Court

The Federal Circuit ruled Thursday that parts of a Philips North America LLC health tracking patent were properly invalidated by a lower court, but Garmin International Inc. must face a revived infringement claim related to another invention.

Two claims of US Patent No. 6,013,007 are invalid because the inventor failed to sufficiently disclose how to compute various athletic performance data, according to a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The US District Court for the Central District of California failed to address the parties’ dispute over whether heart rate data is synced by an accused ...