Masimo Wins Ruling Keeping Ex-Worker’s Patent Application Secret

A district court was correct to order keeping a former Masimo employee’s patent applications for pulse oximeters secret, the nation’s top patent court ruled Monday.

• Marcelo Lamego, a former scientist with Masimo’s Cercacor unit, and Lamego’s True Wearables company were banned from allowing publication of applications for an algorithm to measure blood-oxygen levels that Masimo claims covered stolen trade secrets
• Masimo has a pending lawsuit against True Wearables, and the district court ordered the applications remain private while the suit is underway
  • Masimo learned of one application when True Wearables was given a notice from the Patent and Trademark Office ...