February 27, 2015 – The PTAB granted W.L. Gore’s petition requesting an inter partes review of three patents related to endoluminal prosthesis. The patents-at-issue are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,117,167, 5,716,365 and 5,716,365. The cases are captioned W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. v. LifePort Sciences LLC, IPR2014-01320, -01321 and -01323.
By: Christopher J. Stankus