Litigation

Apple Inc. v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLC

appealed, decision reversed in part

IPR2022-00981

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Filed
2022
Terminated
2026-01-21

Patents at issue (1)

Defender signal. Patent 8472936 has had claims invalidated at PTAB. Those final written decisions are public record and a ready-made § 102 / § 103 ground in district court. See IPR estoppel for what carries over.

8472936PTAB: claims invalidated

Plaintiffs (1)

Summary

[Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.) challenged the patentability of US8472936 before the PTAB. The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision, which was appealed. The Federal Circuit later reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded, concluding the Board was precluded from finding certain claims of US8472936 patentable due to issue preclusion with claims from related patents 8761739 and 8442501 previously found unpatentable in other IPRs.

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