PTAB Wrongly Excluded Google’s Arguments In Database IPR, Federal Circuit Holds

( September 3, 2025, 11:11 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) erred in claim construction and wrongly rejected Google LLC’s reply evidence in inter partes review proceedings Google brought against a technology company, a panel in the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held, vacating findings that Google failed to show some of the company’s patents’ claims to be invalid....