BASF Beats Electroplating Patent At PTAB On Remand

By Andrew Karpan ( November 10, 2021, 5:44 PM EST) -- The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has sided with chemical company BASF Corp.'s argument that claims in a smaller rival's electroplating patent are too obvious for patent protection, issuing a ruling more than three years after the Federal Circuit ordered the board to rethink an earlier decision upholding the claims....

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