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Patent infringement suit asserting the '946 patent as part of a larger portfolio against Apple. Filed in W.D. Tex., Waco Division, and later transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where it was assigned case no. 4:23-cv-04168 (also cited as 3:23-cv-04168).
Patent infringement suit asserting the '946 patent as part of a larger portfolio against Samsung entities. The court granted a joint motion to vacate the claim-construction order and dismiss with prejudice on/about July 15, 2024; each party bore its own costs.
Inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 9,019,946 B1. The Board found claims 14, 15, 17–21, and 26–30 unpatentable; claims 1–13 and 16 were not shown unpatentable. A Feb. 13, 2024 errata corrected the disposition to include claim 26 among the unpatentable claims and to list claims 1–13 and 16 as surviving.
Federal Circuit appeals from PTAB final written decisions concerning the '946 patent (and the '653 patent). The court affirmed the PTAB's determination that Apple failed to prove claims 1–13 and 16 of the '946 patent unpatentable, but vacated and remanded on Smart Mobile's cross-appeal regarding claim 17 due to inadequate motivation-to-combine analysis under the APA. Related/proximate dockets include 24-1607 and 24-1623.