In its Decision, the Board declined to institute inter partes review of any challenged claims (1-10, 13, and 17-22) of the ’920 Patent. The ’920 Patent relates generally to a process for verifying the identity of an online registrant.
Category Archives: Claim Construction
Final Written Decision with Dissent Differing with Majority’s Technical Analysis IPR2014-01374
In its Final Written Decision, the Board held that Petitioner had not established by a preponderance of the evidence unpatentability of the challenged claims. The Board also dismissed the parties’ Motions to Exclude Evidence. Judge Clements dissented from the opinion of the Board. Continue reading
Final Written Decision Finding Some Challenged Claims Unpatentable IPR2015-00093
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner had shown that claims 1-6 and 9-28 of the ’220 Patent are unpatentable, but that Petitioner did not demonstrate that claims 7 and 8 are unpatentable. The ’220 Patent discloses a system for detecting an event at a premises and supplying information regarding the event to a website that various authorized users can access. Continue reading
Final Written Decision Finding Insufficient Articulated Reasoning Presented in Support of Obviousness Grounds IPR2015-00155
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner did not show by a preponderance of the evidence that the challenged claims are unpatentable. The ’243 patent “relates to “telephone communication systems in penal institutions or similar facilities.” Continue reading
Final Written Decision Revising Previous “Means” Construction In View of Williamson v. Citrix IPR2015-00298
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner showed by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1-3, 5, 17, 18, and 20 are unpatentable but failed to show that claims 9-12, 14, and 16 were unpatentable. “The ’849 patent relates to providing instruction on playing a musical instrument, such as a guitar,” and in particular, “an instruction system that displays a graphical representation of a guitar and demonstrates to a user when and how to play a note or chord.” Continue reading
No Patentable Weight To Preamble Amendments In This Patent IPR2015-01855, 1877
In its Decision, the Board instituted inter partes review of claims 1, 3-5, 8, 10, and 12 of the ’196 patent. Continue reading
Final Written Decision Finding All Challenged Claims Unpatentable IPR2014-01416
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found the challenged claims of the ’634 patent unpatentable. The ’634 patent “describes a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a battery bank, all controlled by a microprocessor that controls the direction of torque transfer between the engine, motor, and drive wheels of the vehicle.” Continue reading
Instituting CBM Review for Patent with Claim Encompassing Transitory, Propagating Signal CBM2015-00182
In its Decision, the Board instituted covered business method (CBM) review, finding that Petitioner demonstrated that it is more likely than not that the challenged claims of the ’132 patent are unpatentable. A request by Patent Owner to expand the panel for the decision to institute was also denied. Continue reading
Final Written Decision finding Displayed Poster to be a Printed Publication IPR2014-00513
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner had proven that claim 10 is unpatentable as obvious, but had not proven the unpatentability of claims 17 and 18. The Board also granted Patent Owner’s Motion to Amend and denied its Motion to Exclude Evidence. The ’550 patent “discloses using a ‘Mycobacterium smegmatis porin (Msp)’ to detect analytes in liquid media.” Continue reading
Denying Request for Rehearing that Separately Argued Claims Previously Analyzed Together in Petition IPR2015-01545
In its Decision, the Board denied Petitioner’s Request for Rehearing of the Board’s denial of institution of inter partes review. Petitioner’s requested partial reconsideration on the following grounds: Continue reading