Background
Noble Innovations NC LLC appealed from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceeding identified as IPR2023-01254. Colgate-Palmolive Company appeared as the appellee.
The Federal Circuit heard and considered the appeal. The court designated its disposition as nonprecedential.
The Court’s Holding
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision.
The panel entered judgment under Federal Circuit Rule 36, which permits affirmance without a written opinion. The judgment therefore provides no substantive reasoning and does not identify the particular grounds on which the PTAB’s decision was affirmed.
Key Takeaways
- The Federal Circuit left the PTAB’s decision in IPR2023-01254 intact.
- The court affirmed without a written opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36.
- The disposition is nonprecedential and supplies no explanation of the panel’s reasoning.
Why It Matters
The judgment ends this Federal Circuit appeal with the PTAB’s decision undisturbed. Because the court issued only a Rule 36 affirmance, the disposition offers no precedential analysis or additional guidance on the underlying patent issues.