In SIPCO, LLC v. Emerson Electric
Co., [2018-1635] (September 25, 2019), the Federal Circuit
reversed the PTAB's construction of "low-power
transceiver" and its finding that U.S. Patent No. 8,908,842
does not satisfy the second part of §42.301(b) defining
"technological invention." Because the Board did not
address the applicability of the first part of § 42.301(b),
the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded.
The Board found that the term "low-power" as used in
the claims did not necessarily require that the device transmit and
receive signals only within a "limited transmission
range." The Federal Circuit reversed, construing
"low-power" to mean "a device that transmits and
receives signals at a power level corresponding to limited
transmission range."
