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

Challenged claims of The Procter & Gamble Company’s patent directed to deodorant compositions and methods of making the compositions are unpatentable as anticipated by or obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Dr. Squatch LLC. The Board determined that the challenged claims are anticipated by or obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art titled “Non-Greasy Personal Care Compositions,” that relates to a deodorant formulation and preparation thereof with natural ingredients in the absence of heavy metal complexes and/or petroleum based or related compounds, and that describes a ...