In its Decision, the Board concluded that Petitioner had persuasively demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of showing that claims 6 and 33 of the ’565 patent, which relates to rearview vision systems for vehicles that provide the vehicle operator with scenic information in the direction rearward of the vehicle, are unpatentable. Thus, the Board instituted trial with respect to these claims. The Board was not similarly persuaded as to challenged claims 14, 21-24, 34-38, 43-46, and 49, and therefore did not institute trial with respect to these challenged claims. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Final Written Decision CBM2013-00033
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 7-16 and 23-27 of the ‘679 patent are unpatentable but failed to demonstrate that claims 1-6 and 17-22 are unpatentable. The ‘679 patent “relates to a system and method for peer-to-peer advertising between mobile communication devices.” Continue reading
Order Regarding Filing of Exhibits, Corrected Response, and Motion to Seal IPR2014-00367
In its Order, the Board denied Patent Owner’s request to file certain exhibits, authorized Patent Owner’s “corrected” Response, and granted Patent Owner’s motion to seal. Continue reading
Denying Institution CBM2014-00170
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of covered business method patent review of all of the challenged claims (claims 1-3, 7, and 22-24) of the ’914 Patent, because Petitioner had not demonstrated “that it is more likely than not that at least 1 of the claims challenged in the petition is unpatentable.” Petitioner had challenged claims 1-3, 7, and 22-24 of the ’914 Patent as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 112, ¶ 2, 102(b), and 103(a). The ’914 Patent relates to wired and non-wired data transmission communication systems. Continue reading
Denying Institution IPR2014-00939
In its Decision, the Board concluded that Petitioners had not demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that at least one of the challenged claims of the ’756 patent is unpatentable. Thus, the Board ordered that the Petition was denied. Continue reading
Federal Circuit Decision Affirming the Board – In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC
IPR2012-00001
In its Decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that decisions to institute inter partes review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board are not appealable. The Federal Circuit also held that the “broadest reasonable interpretation” standard used by the Board in its claim construction analysis was correct. Finally, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s finding that the challenged claims of the ’074 patent related to a navigation system are invalid. Continue reading
Final Written Decision IPR2013-00459
In its Final Written Decision, the Board held that Petitioner had failed to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1, 2, 4, 11-14, and 16 of the ’475 patent are unpatentable. Thus, none of the challenged claims were found unpatentable. The ’475 patent relates to a method for processing a III-Nitride epitaxial layer system on a substrate. The III-Nitrides being used for producing light-emitting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. Continue reading
Denying Rehearing IPR2014-00920
In its Decision, the Board denied Patent Owner’s Request for Rehearing of the Board’s Decision instituting trial. Patent Owner argued in its Preliminary Response, and again in its Request for Rehearing, that the Petition was barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) because Petitioner’s privies were served with a complaint alleging infringement of the ’970 patent more than one year before the Petition was filed. Continue reading