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JOHN D’AGOSTINO v. MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED,

 

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2014-00543, IPR2014-00544.

 

Decided: December 22, 2016

 

The Board permissibly applied the broadest reasonable interpretation standard in this inter partes review proceeding. See Cuozzo Speed Techs., LLC v. Lee, 136 S. Ct. 2131, 2142 (2016); 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b).

 

“The protocol of giving claims their broadest reasonable interpretation . . . does not include giving claims a legally incorrect interpretation.” In re Skvorecz, 580 F.3d 1262, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 2009).

 

Instead, “claims should always be read in light of the specification and teachings in the underlying patent,” In re Suitco Surface, Inc., 603 F.3d 1255, 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2010);  the Board “should also consult the patent’s prosecution history in proceedings in which the patent has been brought back to the agency for a second review,” Microsoft Corp. v. Proxyconn, Inc., 789 F.3d 1292, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2015).