ALACRITECH, INC. v. INTEL CORP.

2019-1467, 2019-1468.

966 F.3d 1367 (2020)

ALACRITECH, INC., Appellant v. INTEL CORPORATION, Cavium, LLC, Dell, Inc., Appellees United States, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: July 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Ian Weisburst , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, for appellant. Also represented by Joseph M. Paunovich , Los Angeles, CA.

Garland Stephens , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Houston, TX, for appellee Intel Corporation. Also represented by Melissa LaRue Hotze ; Gregory Silbert , New York, NY; Amanda Branch , Anne Marie Cappella , Redwood Shores, CA.

Karineh Khachatourian , Rimon, P.C., Palo Alto, CA, for appellee Cavium, LLC. Also represented by Nikolaus A. Woloszczuk .

Kirk T. Bradley , Alston & Bird LLP, Charlotte, NC, for appellee Dell, Inc. Also represented by Emily Chambers Welch , Atlanta, GA; Brady Cox , Dallas, TX.

Melissa N. Patterson , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for intervenor. Also represented by Ethan P. Davis , Courtney Dixon , Scott R. Mcintosh ; Thomas W. Krause , Farheena Yasmeen Rasheed , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.

Before MOORE, CHEN, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.


Alacritech, Inc. appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's final written decisions holding certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,131,880 unpatentable as obvious. We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand. In particular, we hold that the Board did not adequately support its finding that the asserted prior art combination...

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