On Appeal, Apple Says ‘Identify’ Limitations Would Be Obvious

(February 14, 2023, 9:00 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a brief filed with the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Apple Inc. asserts that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board correctly declared obvious “detect an object” limitations in an inter partes review (IPR) but says the board should have reached the same conclusion for “identify an object” limitations because the words are “used interchangeably” in a patent covering a wearable device that measures physiological parameters....