Tag: AIA Section 102
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NCS Multistage v. Nine Energy Service: Federal Circuit Applies Sanho to AIA § 102(b)(1)(B) and Vacates Patent Judgment
The Federal Circuit’s precedential decision in NCS Multistage Inc. v. Nine Energy Service, Inc., Case No. 2025-1000 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 14, 2026), vacated an infringement and no-invalidity judgment after identifying two claim-construction errors and rejecting the patent owner’s attempt to use an earlier private sale as a defensive “public disclosure” under the America Invents Act.…