DONNER TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Appellant v. PRO STAGE GEAR, LLC, Appellee, 979 F.3d 1353

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HOLDINGS: [1]-Decision on petition for inter partes review of the '023 patent, challenging various claims as obvious under 35 U.S.C.S. § 103, was vacated and remanded because the Patent Trial and Appeal Board applied the wrong standard when assessing whether the '311 patent was analogous art. The Board erroneously stated that appellant did not put forth any argument or evidence to explain what would have compelled a pedalboard inventor in 1999 or 2000 to consider potential solutions arising from early 1970s-era relay technologies.