By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner Volvo Penta of the Americas, LLC (“Volvo Penta”) appealed from a final written decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) holding all claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 9,630,692 (“the ‘692 patent”) unpatentable as […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner Apple Inc. (“Apple”) appealed two final written decisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”).  In two petitions to the Board for inter partes review, Apple had challenged the validity of various patent claims of […]

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