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The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision rejecting Philip Morris's inter partes review petition, finding that Philip Morris failed to meet its burden of proving claims of the '123 patent unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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