Challenged claims of Spin Master Inc.'s patent that describes using a super absorbent polymer as ammunition in projectile launching devices aren’t unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined, in an inter partes review by Prime Time Toys LLC, Prime Time Toys Ltd., and Easebon Services Ltd. The board determined that the challenged claims aren’t unpatentable as obvious over prior art that discloses an electric airsoft gun that finds application in the sporting gun industry, a printout from the Wayback Machine that shows Science Toys sold by ThinkGeek, and that discloses an air gun with ...
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