USA: In re Singhal, United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, No. 2014-1704, 10 March 2015

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board did not err in affirming a patent examiner’s obviousness rejection of an application that disclosed a system for using two-way communication satellites to regulate the activation of a vehicle’s ignition, based on a driver’s mental state as determined by response times, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled (In re Singhal, March 10, 2015, per curiam). The decision of the Board was therefore affirmed.

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