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Artificial intelligence — US PTAB Patent Cases

45 decisions indexed

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patent · Feb 5, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al. v.VB Assets, LLC

· IPR2025-00870

Samsung has filed an IPR petition challenging all 22 claims of VB Assets' ’699 patent covering conversational AI. The challenger relies on five pre‑2022 publications to argue obviousness under 35 U.S.C. §103.

patent instituted · Jan 17, 2025

Tesla, Inc. v.Intellectual Ventures II LLC

· IPR2025-00340

Tesla challenges Intellectual Ventures’ IPR on patent 6,894,639, arguing the Board correctly applied claim construction and prior art. The Director is urged to deny the patent owner’s request for review, leaving the institution intact.

patent · Jan 10, 2025

Tesla, Inc. v.Perceptive Automata LLC

· IPR2025-01575

Tesla has filed an IPR petition challenging Perceptive Automata’s AI‑driven image‑analysis patent (U.S. 11,753,046). The petition asserts obviousness over four prior‑art references and argues that many claim elements are non‑patentable printed matter.

patent · Jan 7, 2025

Amazon.com Services LLC v.VB Assets, LLC

· IPR2025-01240

Amazon has filed an IPR petition challenging VB Assets’ U.S. Patent 11,080,758, asserting that all 44 claims are obvious over existing voice‑commerce technologies. The petition relies on six §103 grounds, pairing each claim set with prior‑art references such as Aretoulaki, Ramer, Kennewick, Hao and Jong.

patent · Jan 5, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al. v.VB Assets, LLC

· IPR2025-00871

Samsung has filed an IPR petition challenging VB Assets' U.S. Patent 10,510,341, asserting that all 18 claims are obvious over prior‑art combinations of SmartKom/Kobsa and Barbara/Ross. The petition seeks institution of the review.

patent denied · Oct 17, 2024

Google LLC et al. v.Cerence Operating Company et al.

· IPR2024-01465

Cerence Operating Company opposes Google’s request for Director Review, asserting the Board properly denied institution under 35 U.S.C. §314(a). The patent owner emphasizes due‑process compliance and the correct application of Fintiv factors.

patent terminated or settled · Jul 28, 2024

Hugging Face, Inc. v.FriendliAI Inc.

· IPR2024-01234

Hugging Face and FriendliAI settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 11,442,775 B1, leading the PTAB to terminate the IPR before institution. The settlement documents were ordered to be kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled · Jul 24, 2024

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Cerence Operating Company et al.

· IPR2024-00978

Samsung Electronics, Google LLC and Cerence Operating Company have reached a settlement over U.S. Patent 7,395,078, a speech‑recognition technology. Consequently, they filed a joint motion to terminate the IPR, citing the settlement and early stage of the proceeding.

patent instituted · May 4, 2024

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00752

Google LLC successfully secured the institution of its IPR against Dialect LLC's patent, challenging claims related to Natural Language Processing and Conversational AI. The Board found that prior art disclosure regarding context stack synchronization was sufficient to warrant further review under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

patent denied · May 4, 2024

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00751

Google LLC's IPR challenge against Dialect LLC's patent was denied by the PTAB, finding insufficient evidence of obviousness over prior art (Coffman, Kennewick, Ross). The Board agreed with the Patent Owner that the prior art disclosures were too high-level to support the combination claimed.

patent denied · May 4, 2024

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00747

Google LLC's IPR challenge against Dialect LLC's patent on conversational AI was denied by the PTAB. The Board found that Google failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over prior art references like Coffman, Kanevsky, and Ronning.

patent final · May 4, 2024

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00752

The PTAB found that claims 1-7, 12-17, and 19-23 were unpatentable over prior art (Coffman/Kennewick/Lee) based on obviousness. The Board adopted the Petitioner's view that 'synchronize' only requires updating context information without duplicating entry order.

patent null · Mar 29, 2024

TESLA, INC. v.Autonomous Devices, LLC

· IPR2024-00745

Tesla (Petitioner) challenged Autonomous Devices' patent in an IPR proceeding, arguing that the claims are anticipated or obvious over prior art references like Buibas and Grotmol. The Board found factors favoring institution, meaning the case will proceed to the merits phase.

patent instituted · Mar 29, 2024

TESLA, INC. v.Autonomous Devices, LLC

· IPR2024-00745

Tesla successfully argued that the patent claims are obvious over combinations of prior art, leading to the Board's decision to institute IPR trial. The petitioner focused on combining spiking neural network techniques with autonomous robotic operation for improved efficiency and task specialization. This institution sets up a high-stakes technical battle regarding AI implementation in robotics.

patent Final Written Decision · Mar 29, 2024

TESLA, INC. v.Autonomous Devices, LLC

· IPR2024-00745

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding that several original claims were unpatentable over Buibas in view of Sinyavskiy. However, the Board subsequently found the petitioner's substitute claims obvious over combinations of Grotmol and Zhu prior art, leading to further rejection.

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