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Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Obviousness Finding in Apple Patent Review
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision finding all six claims of Zentian’s U.S. Patent No. 10,062,377 unpatentable as obvious in an inter partes review brought by Apple. The court rejected Zentian’s challenge to the construction of “feature vector” and upheld the finding that codewords disclosed in a prior-art reference fell within the claim term.
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Apple’s patent team needs to assess whether the affirmed ruling affects related disputes
The affirmed decision resolves the challenge to these six claims, but Apple’s team may need to evaluate its relevance to any related patent disputes.
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