Opinion ID: 6326330
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: conclusion

Text: We affirm the Board’s decision holding claims 1–15 unpatentable, and we also affirm the Panel’s decision granting DynaEnergetics’s motion to amend the ’422 patent to add new claims 16–22. AFFIRMED COSTS No costs. that the Board should begin by first asking if the corresponding proposed substitute claim overcomes the ground on which it found the original claim unpatentable. Case: 20-2163 Document: 59 Page: 20 Filed: 03/24/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ HUNTING TITAN, INC., Appellant v. DYNAENERGETICS EUROPE GMBH, Cross-Appellant ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________ 2020-2163, 2020-2191 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR201800600. ______________________