PTAB Deems Rule Set File A Printed Publication, PTAB Litigation Blog
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review: Keysight Technologies, Inc. and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Centripetal Networks, LLC found a rule set file used by a network security program to be a “printed publication” under § 102(b). This determination played a role in the PTAB’s conclusion that certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,567,343 (the ‘343 Patent) were unpatentable.