( June 11, 2026, 1:43 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) did not err when it affirmed an examiner’s finding that a robotics inventor’s application for a patent on automated kitchen systems was rendered obvious by prior art; the panel held that substantial evidence supported a finding that a person of skill in the relevant art would have motivation to combine two prior art patent applications....