Patent board rules Sun Pharma claims unpatentable in Biofrontera dispute

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U.S. Patent Office Issues Final Written Decision Finding All Challenged Claims of Sun Pharma’s Patent 11,697,028 To Be Unpatentable

February 26, 2026 9:15 AM EST

WOBURN, Mass., Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biofrontera Inc. (Nasdaq: BFRI), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the commercialization and development of photodynamic therapy (PDT), today announced that on February 23, 2026, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the Board) issued a Final Written Decision finding all challenged claims of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.s U.S. Patent No. 11,697,028 (the 028 Patent) to be unpatentable.

As previously disclosed in Biofronteras filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in June 2024, Sun Pharma initiated proceedings against Biofrontera and certain of its affiliates in... More