The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision rejecting a claim of HBN Shoe LLC’s application for a patent containing claims to a cleated athletic shoe that permits plantarflexion and eversion of the wearer’s foot while the wearer is engaged in weight-bearing exercise. The court said that the board didn’t err by finding the claim obvious over prior art.
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