Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that some challenged claims of e-Vision Optics LLC’s patent that relates to integrating electronic components into an electro-active frame for driving electro-active focusing lenses are unpatentable as anticipated by and obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Luxottica of America Inc. The board determined that some claims are anticipated by and obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses an electronic circuit within eyewear that allows a user to monitor its exposure to radiation, techniques for integrating electronic components into eyewear frames, and eyewear having an ...