In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1 and 8-14 of the ’207 patent are unpatentable. The Board also dismissed-in-part and denied-in part Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Final Written Decision IPR2014-00039
Takeaway: A prior art reference does not have to disclose the exact terminology used in the claim.
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that all of the challenged claims, claims 11-22, of the ’314 Patent are unpatentable and denied Patent Owner’s Motion to Amend. The ’314 Patent relates to user interfaces that provide advertising obtained over a global computer network. Continue reading
Denying Institution Where Prior Art Provided Only a Possibility of a Claimed Feature IPR2015-00001
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of inter partes review claims 1-2 and 5-8 of the ’987 patent because Petitioner has not demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to claims 1-2 and 5-8. The ’987 patent relates to a method for sorting sperm cells to enrich a population thereof for a particular characteristic such as an X or a Y chromosome. The enriched population is produced by uptake of a dye that results in a mixture of cells with differential fluorescence intensity depending on the sex chromosome present in each sperm cell. A photodetector distinguishes the differential fluorescence of the cells, thereby classifying the cells according to their X or Y content. Continue reading
Additional Discovery Granted to Determine Real Party-In-Interest IPR2014-01201
In its Order, the Board granted-in-part Patent Owner’s Motion for Additional Discovery – as to Requests (1), (2), and (3) – and denied Patent Owner’s Motion for Additional Discovery as to all other requests. In this connection, the Board ordered Petitioner to produce and serve the documents associated with Requests (1), (2), and (3) within one week (or by a date agreed upon by the parties). Continue reading
Final Written Decision IPR2014-00158
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that all challenged claims, claims 1-7, 9-13, 16-31, 33, and 34, of the ’875 Patent are unpatentable, and dismissed Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude Evidence. The ’875 Patent discloses a “universal credit card” apparatus for allowing “access to numerous accounts, services, features, etc. with just one card thereby eliminating the need to carry, store or retain numerous cards.” Continue reading
Decision Denying Institution IPR2015-00411
Apple Inc. v. E-Watch, Inc.
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of inter partes review of the ’871 Patent because Petitioner did not demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of prevailing in showing the unpatentability of any of the challenged claims. The ’871 Patent generally relates to “image capture and transmission systems and is specifically directed to an image capture, compression, and transmission system for use in connection with land line and wireless telephone systems.” Continue reading
Denying Motion for Leave to File Motion to Stay Prosecution IPR2014-01240
In its Order, the Board denied Petitioner’s request for authorization to file a motion to stay the prosecution of related, pending U.S. Patent Application Nos. 13/660,706 and 14/307,122. It had been Petitioner’s position that at least one of the claims of these pending patent applications was patentably indistinct from at least one of the claims of the ’268 patent challenged in the instant proceeding. Thus, according to Petitioner, “if certain claims in the ’268 patent are found unpatentable in this proceeding, Patent Owner should be estopped from obtaining claims in the related patent applications that are patentably indistinct from those claims under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(d)(3)(i).” Continue reading
Denying Institution IPR2014-01515
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of inter partes review claim 1 of the ’866 patent because Petitioner has not demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to claim 1. The ’866 patent relates to an improved process for removal of permanganate reducing compounds (“PRCs”) and alkyl iodides formed by the carbonylation of methanol in the presence of a Group VIII metal carbonylation catalyst. Continue reading
Final Written Decision IPR2014-00199
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claim 18 of the ’970 patent is unpatentable. The ’970 patent relates to “a system and method for location tracking of mobile platforms.” Continue reading
Denying Institution IPR2015-00084,87
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of inter partes review of claims 6-14 of the ’153 Patent. The ’153 Patent discloses an Automated Material Handling System (“AMHS”) that includes an overhead hoist to load and unload work-in-process (“WIP”) parts, such as semiconductor wafers stored in cassette pods, for transport between various workstations during a semiconductor manufacturing process. Continue reading