Federal Circuit Extends Dynamic Drinkware’s Written-Description Requirement for AIA Prior Art: Dental Monitoring v. Align Technology
Introduction On August 10, 2026, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decision that had invalidated all challenged claims of Dental Monitoring SAS’s U.S. Patent No. 10,755,409 (“the ‘409 patent”) in an inter partes review...

