• Honeywell International, Inc. / Sierra Wireless, Inc. et al. v. 3g Licensing S.A.Other
  PTAB · May 7, 2025 · IPR2021-00906 · APJ Jameson Lee · IPR · Remand

  On remand, the Board denied the motion to amend with proposed substitute claims 69, 70, 77, and 78 because the ’872 application did not provide written-description support.

  RulingsRemand decision

  • RemandOther

    “for the Federal Circuit. Papers 75–78. On February 3, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in which it stated: “We vacate and remand the Board’s decision with regard to claims 69 and 77, and their dependent claims, but otherwise affirm.” Paper 80.3 The formal mandate from the Federal Circuit was issued on March 12, 2025. Paper 79.” slip op. at 3

  • 112 supportMotion to amend, deniedDenied

    “Per the Federal Circuit’s instruction, the “first message” must come before the “another message” and “message preceding the another message.” However, the “first message” identified by Patent Owner, i.e., the RRC Connection Setup message, occurs after what Patent Owner identifies as the “another message,” i.e., the RRC Connection Request message. That mismatching sequence is evident from Figure 15 reproduced above.” slip op. at 8

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  Patents in suitUS 7,580,388

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