Patent Trial and Appeal Board Preliminarily Rules Some Claims in U.S. Patent Issued to S. Edward Neister & Used by High Energy Ozone LLC d/b/a Far-UV Sterilray May Be Invalid

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has determined there’s a reasonable likelihood Eden Park Illumination, Inc., Larson Electronics LLC, Far UV Technologies, Inc., and Ushio America, Inc., will be able to show some of the claims made about a method and apparatus for sterilizing and disinfecting air and surfaces using UVC light to destroy viruses,…