Defendant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
Court: U.S. Patent Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Date: Jan 02, 2014
Docket: IPR2013-00395
December 20, 2013 – Based on the Board’s claim construction, the Board determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that NuVasive would prevail in showing unpatentability of certain claims. Therefore, the Board authorized institution of an inter partes review of those claims.
June 27, 2013 – NuVasive files a Petition for Inter Partes Review at the U.S. Patent Office alleging that certain claims in U.S. Patent No. 8,444,696 are unpatentable. The ‘696 patent is entitled “Anatomic Spinal Implant Having Anatomic Bearing Surfaces.”
- Institution of Inter Partes Review [356.38 kB]
- Petition [2.06 MB]
- U.S. Patent No. 8,444,696 [1.65 MB]
Anatomic Spinal Implant Having Anatomic Bearing Surfaces