PTAB designates "Athena Automation Ltd. v. Husky Injection Molding System Ltd., IPR2013-00290" as precedential

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Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has designated the following decision as precedential:

Athena Automation Ltd v. Husky Injection Molding System Ltd., IPR2013-00290, Paper 18 (PTAB Oct. 25, 2013), Section II.A.

This decision determines that the doctrine of assignor estoppel is not an exception to 35 U.S.C. § 311(a), which allows “a person who is not the owner of a patent” to file a petition for inter partes review

A PDF of this precedential decision can be found on the USPTO website.