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Fuel Automation Station, LLC v. Permian Global Inc. — Fed. Cir. (Oct 5, 2026)

No. 25-1730 Argued October 5, 2026 Published October 6, 2026

The Federal Circuit hears a patent dispute about trailers that refuel oilfield machinery while it keeps running. Fuel Automation Station patented mobile fueling equipment with pumps, hoses, and hose reels, and sued Permian Global for infringement in Texas. Permian and Manticore Fuels challenged the patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Board ruled against Fuel Automation Station, which appealed. These related appeals come from inter partes reviews, or I-P-Rs. These proceedings test patent claims against earlier patents and publications. Much of this argument concerns hoses that deploy from opposite sides of a trailer, and whether a proposed combination uses an entire commercial hose reel or only components. Obviousness under section one-oh-three asks whether an ordinarily skilled person would have found the claimed invention obvious from earlier work before its effective filing date. Fuel Automation Station's lawyer will seek to overturn the Board's decisions. Listen for a separate procedural question: did the Board decide the challenge actually presented in the petition? References to A-P-A notice mean the Administrative Procedure Act's requirement of notice and a fair opportunity to respond.

Fuel Automation Station, LLC v. Permian Global Inc. (No. 25-1730) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, argued October 5, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Federal Circuit:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-arguments/25-1730_10052026.mp3
Argument date and docket — Federal Circuit official recording index:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/home/oral-argument/listen-to-oral-arguments/
Case background and ruling — PTAB IPR2023-01237, ’805 patent:https://ptacts.uspto.gov/ptacts/public-informations/petitions/1554410/download-documents?artifactId=IFmr3Un9rl-51TdALAOZXkX1EIOYheJknbRUI2HYUw_coNb67XlY1UI
Appeal and attached ruling — PTAB IPR2023-01236, ’118 patent:https://ptacts.uspto.gov/ptacts/public-informations/petitions/1554409/download-documents?artifactId=lu5EWu_AYYJCHd43QNiCAWI2a6gMAUxF8XlieXRcmxt2ldb0rdb7niM
Patent owner's independent response — IPR2023-01236:https://ptacts.uspto.gov/ptacts/public-informations/petitions/1554409/download-documents?artifactId=42A2OqYwsbLboqQE45hsHiu8xgFXtw7lCbUyVZGjA0-OqG0V9emGEc8
Appeal notice — IPR2023-01237:https://ptacts.uspto.gov/ptacts/public-informations/petitions/1554410/download-documents?artifactId=Gxk7NfsvjVId-nG0r1wRmTq7iolfL6mpmKcuSAMxx9gCcqfpPGfPaao
Inter partes review — USPTO explanation:https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/trials/inter-partes-review
Obviousness — 35 U.S.C. §103 (2024 Code):https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title35/html/USCODE-2024-title35-partII-chap10-sec103.htm
Agency notice and opportunity — 5 U.S.C. §554 (2024 Code):https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title5/html/USCODE-2024-title5-partI-chap5-subchapII-sec554.htm
APA procedural explanation — Federal Circuit, Dell v. Acceleron (2016):https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-orders/15-1513.opinion.3-11-2016.1.pdf

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