Ford Motor Company Inter Partes Review

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Case Number:

IPR2025-01524

Case Type:

IPR

Status:

Trial Instituted

Petitioner:

Ford Motor Company

Patent Number:

9,123,186

  1. February 26, 2026

    Squires Grants 3 IPRs, Denies 10, Marks RPI Order Informative

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has issued guidance on when real-parties-in-interest errors won't lead to denied petitions, and then instituted three inter partes reviews in his latest bare-bones mass decision.

  2. January 20, 2026

    Squires Institutes 8 New Patent Reviews, Denies 16 Others

    John Squires, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, granted eight petitions seeking America Invents Act review of patents, but spurned twice as many others in his latest summary decision.