Defendant: Ethicon LLC f/k/a Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
Court: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Date: Oct 05, 2020
Docket: IPR2019-00880
Judge: Administrative Patent Judge Matthew S. Meyers
March 27, 2019 — Petition for Inter Partes Review filed
October 2, 2019 — Inter Partes Reviews instituted
October 1, 2020 — Final Written Decision finding Claims 1 and 3 unpatentable
- US Patent No. 7,490,749 [3 MB]
Surgical stapling and cutting instrument with manually retractable firing member
- Petition for Inter Partes Review, IPR2019-00880 [2 MB]
- Decision Instituting Inter Partes Review, IPR2019-00880 [366 KB]
- Final Written Decision, IPR2019-00880 [489 KB]