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| January 5, 2011

In re Glatt Air Techniques, Inc.

On January 5, 2011, the Federal Circuit reversed the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision that claim 5 in Reexamination No. 90/008,482 (U.S. Patent No. 5,236,503), which related to a Wurster coater used to spray coat particles such as pharmaceutical ingredients, was unpatentable as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).

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