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ZTE (USA) Inc. et al. v. Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC

Final Written Decision issued

IPR2018-00425

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Court: USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Filed: 2018-01-05
Terminated: 2019-07-02

Patents at issue (1)

Plaintiffs (4)

Defendants (1)

Δ Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC

Summary

ZTE (USA) and Samsung co-petitioned for IPR of the '655 patent. The PTAB instituted, issued a Final Written Decision on July 2, 2019, and issued an IPR certificate on Oct. 24, 2019; the PTAB permitted retroactive correction of the RPI notice to add ZTE (TX) Inc.

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