WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued the following order/opinion on Feb. 20:
D3D Technologies, Inc. ("D3D") appeals from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") in an inter partes review determining that claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 9,349,183 ("the '183 patent") are unpatentable as obvious. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The '183 patent, owned by D3D, relates to the field of medical imaging and describes a headset and method for viewing three-dimensional images of a patient. The '183 patent discloses that digital recording devices capture twodimensional image slices from imaging equipment such as MRI equipment or a CT scanner. '183 patent col. 5 ll. 12- 16. Using these ...