September 22, 2025
The deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order allowing a company to challenge a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that invalidated a claim in its semiconductor patent, citing a contrary result in federal district court litigation.
May 22, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has decided to review Force Mos Technology chip patents, saying it won't rely on a 2020 precedent to discretionarily deny challenges by Inergy Technology Inc. in light of a looming district court trial because the petitions raise "compelling evidence of unpatentability."