On March 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed a decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, ordering the correction of inventorship of U.S. Patent No. 9,376,049 (the “’049 patent”) to add Gary Mackay and Dan Hewson as named inventors. Tube-Mac Indus., Inc. v. Campbell, No. 2022-2170 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 15, 2024). The CAFC reviewed the inventorship disputes de novo and the district court’s underlying factual findings for clear error.