Patent 9079107
PTAB challenges
AIA trial proceedings at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board — IPR, PGR, and CBM. Petitioners, judge panels, claim-level invalidation outcomes from Final Written Decisions, and Federal Circuit appeals. The single most important defensive datapoint after litigation history.
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Proceedings on file (0)
All PTAB activity →AIA trial proceedings (IPR / PGR / CBM) filed at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board against this patent. Sourced from the USPTO Open Data Portal and refreshed every six hours; each proceeding number deep-links to the PTAB E2E docket.
Current assignee: Unified Patents PTAB Data
No PTAB proceedings on file. This patent has not been challenged via IPR, PGR, or CBM. The absence is itself a signal — well-asserted patents eventually attract IPRs. The LLM analysis below may surface filings the ODP feed hasn’t indexed yet.
PTAB challenges
AIA trial proceedings at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board — IPR, PGR, and CBM. Petitioners, judge panels, claim-level invalidation outcomes from Final Written Decisions, and Federal Circuit appeals. The single most important defensive datapoint after litigation history.
Proceedings overview
There is one AIA trial proceeding on file for US9079107, which was "Not Instituted - Procedural." This means the patent's claims remain untested by the PTAB, and no claims have been invalidated or sustained through an AIA trial. Therefore, a defendant facing assertion of this patent today does not have the benefit of prior PTAB claim cancellations.
IPR2020-01633 — Unified Patents, LLC v. GREE, Inc.
- Type: Inter Partes Review
- Filed: 2020-09-08
- Status: Not Instituted - Procedural (Institution Denied)
- Judge panel: Not publicly available from the provided data.
- Petition grounds: Not publicly available from the provided data.
- Institution decision: Denied - 2020-11-20. The Google Patents entry states "Not Instituted - Procedural".
- Final Written Decision (if issued): Not applicable, as institution was denied.
- Settlement / termination: Not applicable.
- Appeal: No Federal Circuit appeal as institution was denied.
- Defensive value: This proceeding offers no direct defensive value as institution was denied on procedural grounds, leaving the claims unadjudicated. A defendant would need to initiate their own IPR to challenge the patentability of the claims.
Strategic summary
All claims of US9079107 remain UNTESTED by the PTAB. IPR2020-01633 was not instituted on procedural grounds, meaning the merits of the patentability challenge were not considered. Therefore, no claims have been canceled or sustained through an AIA trial.
Since IPR2020-01633 was denied institution, there is no estoppel created under § 315(e)(2) for the petitioner (Unified Patents, LLC) or its privies regarding the grounds raised in that petition. For a new defendant, all prior-art grounds remain available for a potential IPR challenge.
Regarding pattern signals, Unified Patents, LLC is a defensive aggregator and typically files IPRs to curb NPE assertions. While they filed on this patent, the procedural denial means their efforts did not result in a merits decision. There is no information to indicate that the patent owner pursued PTAB appeals aggressively since no Final Written Decision was issued.
Recommended next steps
If you are a defendant facing assertion of US9079107, there is no PTAB activity that has invalidated any claims. Your next steps should include:
- Conducting a thorough prior art search: Since the patent claims remain untested, a strong prior art search is critical to identify potential grounds for a new IPR.
- Considering a new IPR petition: Given the absence of a merits decision in the prior IPR, a new IPR challenging the claims on substantive grounds (e.g., anticipation under § 102 or obviousness under § 103) may be a viable strategy, provided you have strong prior art.
- Monitoring for new PTAB filings: Stay vigilant for any new IPRs filed against this patent by other parties.
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