ELEKTA LTD. v. ZAP SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

2021-1985.

81 F.4th 1368 (2023)

ELEKTA LIMITED, Appellant, v. ZAP SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: September 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Librach Nall , DLA Piper US LLP, Austin, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by Stanley Joseph Panikowski, III , San Diego, CA; Aaron Patrick Bowling , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Chicago, IL.

April Elizabeth Isaacson , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by Andrew James Isbester ; Matthew Meyer , Menlo Park, CA.

Before Reyna, Stoll, and Stark, Circuit Judges.


Appellant Elekta Limited appeals from a Final Written Decision of the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board that found certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,295,648 unpatentable as obvious. Elekta challenges the Board's findings related to motivation to combine and reasonable expectation of success. We affirm.

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