CAFC Reverses PTO for Ignoring Functional Language Associated with “Coupled to” Claim Limitation

In In re Power Integrations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a decision of the U.S. PTO (finding patent claims to be anticipated by prior art), based on the PTO’s excessively broad interpretation of the term “coupled to”…

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