WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued the following order on March 27:
Virtek Vision International ULC (Virtek) appeals an inter partes review final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board holding claims 1, 2, 5, 7, and 10-13 of U.S. Patent No. 10,052,734 are unpatentable. Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc. d/b/a Aligned Vision (Aligned Vision) cross-appeals the Board's holding that Aligned Vision failed to prove claims 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9 of the '734 patent are unpatentable. We reverse as to the appeal and affirm as to the cross-appeal.
BACKGROUND
Virtek owns the '734 patent, which discloses an improved method for aligning a laser projector with respect to a work surface. '734 patent ...