10237577

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision finding that Unified Patents failed to show any of the challenged claims (claims 1, 7, and 8) of US10237577 were unpatentable. The Board also declined to adjudicate Dolby's arguments regarding other real parties in interest.

Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp. appealed the PTAB's decision, but the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal on procedural grounds due to Dolby failing to establish an injury in fact sufficient to confer standing to appeal, issuing no ruling on the substantive patentability questions.