Final Written Decision on IPR filed Against Patent 11,874,910 B2 "Facial Recognition Authentication System Including Path Parameters" Denied for Improper Motivation to Combine Prior Art

Author: Diane Jones
June 30, 2026

On June 4, 2026, the PTAB issued a final written decision in a petition (IPR2025-00109, Jumio Corporation) filed against Patent 11,874,910 B2 to FaceTec, Inc., determining, in a majority opinion, that no challenged claims of claims 1-24 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).<... Read more

Deposit of Biological Material is Not Always Necessary to Satisfy the Enablement Requirement If the Biological Material is Known and Readily Available at the Time the Patent is Granted

Author: Diane Jones
February 12, 2026

On November 18, 2025, an inter-partes review IPR2024-01014 between Inari Agriculture, Inc., Petitioner and Corteva Agriscience LLC, Patent Owner, received a Final Written Decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board asserting that no challenged claims were unpatentable of U.S. Patent 8,901,378 B2.<... Read more

Appeal of Examiner's Final Rejection of Claims 18-20 Reversed by PTAB

Author: Diane Jones
August 4, 2025

Appeal of Examiner’s Final Rejection of claims 18-20 reversed by PTAB based on calculation of an effective human dosage from a “minimal risk of toxicity” dosage for a Cebus monkey rather than a calculation of “minimum pharmacologic activity in humans.”<... Read more

PTAB Reverses Examiner Based on "Or" Language

Author: Diane Jones
February 14, 2025

Re: US2016/0331260A1 “Asystole detection for cardiopulmonary resuscitation”, Applicant Koninklijke Philips N.V.<... Read more