[WIPSTUDY #11] Trial Docket and PTAB Reference

In the #11 issue,
we're going to review the documents of Trial/ Appeal and PTAB references through the case of Inter Partes Review.

 

• Trial Reference -  IPR (Inter Partes Review) documents

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IPR (Inter Partes Review) is ...
  a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent only on a ground that could be raised under §§102 (novelty) or 103 (non abviousness), and only on the basis of prior art consisting of patents or printed publications (USPTO)


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IPR2014-01178
Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc. v. Enova Technology Corporations. (TW)

wipsglobal.com > IPR trial/Appeal search

• Petitioner : Seagate Technology (US) Holdings, Inc.
• Patent Owner : Enova Technology Corp.(TW)
• Claims Challenged : 1-32 
• Claims Instituted : 1-32
• Invalidated Cancelled Claims : 1-32
• PTAB Outcome : All instituted claims have been invalidated/cancelled

this trial between Seagate technology and Enova technology is on US patent 790057, which is about a cryptographic serial ATA, entitled 'A Cryptographic serial ATA apparatus and method'.

The trial was filed on Jul. 17th, 2014 and closed Dec. 18th, 2015.
Institution decision was made on Feb. 5th, 2015 which took less than 10 months.

We can take a look at the IPR petition document ▼

wipsglobal.com > IPR trial/Appeal search

1) wipsglobal.com > Docket 'Petition for Interpartes Review' in the View Detail page

 

2) wipsglobal.com > Docket 'Petition for Interpartes Review' in the View Detail page

Below, the final written decision of this trial ▼

3) wipsglobal.com > Docket 'Final Written Decision' in the View Detail page

We can check the patent citation references which PTAB referred in the trial ▼

wipsglobal.com > View Detail > PTAB citation reference

Also, non-patent literature is listed ▼

wipsglobal.com > View Detail > PTAB other reference

⧭ IPR Estoppel : may not request or maintain a proceeding before the Office with respect to that claim on any ground that the petitioner raised or reasonably could have raised during that inter partes review 35 U.S. Code 315(e).


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Target Patent : USP 7900057
Let's find the US patent which has been invalidated in this trial ▼

wipsglobal.com > View Detail > Legal info.

In the legal information of this patent '057,
The status of the invalidated patent, 'active' is confirmed by the result of IPR trial decision.

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Reason of inactive

wipsglobal.com > View Detail > Legal status

Legal status says, 'expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee'.
Patent owner decided not to keep this patent after the trial and didn't pay the maintenance fee.

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Inter Partes Review certified that the claims are cancelled.
The certificate by IPR trial decision ▼

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