Federal Circuit Refuses to Construe "Configured For" as More Than "Capable Of"

Author: Yan Cong, Ph.D.
March 12, 2026

In In re Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc., No. 2024-1611 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 14, 2026), the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision affirming the Examiner’s obviousness rejection after rejecting Blue Buffalo’s narrow construction of the claim term “configured for”.<... Read more