Experience
Surgical stapler patent held unpatentable in an IPR
Covidien
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Challenged all claims in a patent directed to a surgical stapler, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) found the claims to be unpatentable.
Covidien v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, IPR2013-00209, PTAB, Judges Braden, Cocks, Medley
