• Hart Communication Foundation v. Sipco, LLCSome claims unpatentable
  PTAB · Nov 13, 2015 · IPR2014-00751 · APJ Patrick M Boucher · IPR · Final written decision

  Claims 2–4 are unpatentable under § 103; claims 1 and 9–13 were not shown unpatentable because the art did not establish the claimed wireless retransmission.

  RulingsFinal written decision

  • Expert testimonyPetitioner expert discountedPatent owner expert creditedDecided for patent owner

    “distances.” Id. ¶¶ 7, 6. Although we credit those opinions of Mr. Gannon, we find more compelling the bases for Dr. Almeroth’s opinion that one of skill in the art would be disinclined to use wireless communication at multiple levels of Enterprise Server CM’s tree hierarchy.” slip op. at 19

  • Obviousness (§103) › Motivation to combine / reasonable expectation of successNot shown unpatentableMotivation not foundNot shown unpatentable

    “articulated clearly in the Petition, and it is, nevertheless, unpersuasive in light of Dr. Almeroth’s testimony. Nor are we persuaded by Petitioner’s general argument that various of the references disclose wireless communications that a person of skill in the art would have found obvious to implement in the tree hierarchy disclosed by Enterprise Server CM. See id. at 2–4. That argument is insufficiently supported by evidence that responds to the several issues raised by Dr. Almeroth. See In re Pearson, 494 F.2d 1399, 1405 (CCPA 1974) (unsupported attorney argument in a brief cannot take the place of evidence).” slip op. at 18

  Patent outcomesUS 7,468,661 mixed
  § 103 obviousness
  Patents in suitUS 7,468,661

Holdings, summaries, rulings, issues, outcomes, winners and claim constructions shown for a decision were generated by a large language model reading the opinion. They are a guide to the decision, not the decision. Confirm every one against the court's own text before relying on it. Outcomes read from the patent owner’s side. Party names are extracted from the decision and are missing on about 900 short Director denials and scans, which carry the trial number instead.