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Wireless communications — US PTAB Patent Cases

830 decisions indexed

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patent mixed - some claims cancelled, some upheld · Jan 9, 2026

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00099

Google’s IPR against patent 8116749 resulted in a mixed decision: five claims were held unpatentable over Perttila and Insolia, while four claims remained patentable because the obviousness challenge failed.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Jan 9, 2026

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00099

Google successfully challenged Target’s ’359 patent covering proximity‑based wireless transactions. The PTAB found all nine challenged claims unpatentable, citing anticipation and obviousness over Perttila and the Perttila‑Swartz combination.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Jan 9, 2026

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00099

Google successfully challenged Secure Communication Technologies’ patent covering proximity‑based wireless information exchange. The PTAB found all fifteen challenged claims unpatentable under §§102 and 103, based on the Eagle prior art.

patent · Jan 9, 2026

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00099

Google petitions the PTAB to invalidate a wireless‑communication patent, arguing that its claims are anticipated or obvious over earlier Bluetooth‑based systems such as Eagle and Mgrdechian.

patent · Dec 31, 2025

Google LLC v.Gamba Group Holdings LLC

· IPR2026-00156

Google LLC filed an IPR petition against Gamba Group Holdings LLC’s 9,772,193 patent covering Bluetooth and GPS‑based parking‑location methods. The petition asserts anticipation by Baese and Phillips and obviousness with Phillips and Soliman, seeking cancellation of claims 12, 13, and 15‑18. The Board has not yet ruled on institution.

patent · Dec 10, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Massively Broadband LLC

· IPR2026-00032

Samsung Electronics petitions the PTAB to invalidate Massively Broadband’s ’925 patent covering a wireless‑network clearinghouse and location‑based advertising, asserting obviousness over multiple prior‑art references.

patent · Dec 9, 2025

American Airlines, Inc. et al. v.Intellectual Ventures II LLC

· IPR2025-01509

American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate claims 1‑24 of Intellectual Ventures’ LTE‑related patent, alleging obviousness over multiple pre‑grant references. The petition cites Papasakellariou, Classon, Liu, Muharemovic, and Onggosanusi as prior art.

patent · Dec 8, 2025

Google LLC v.Telcom Ventures LLC

· IPR2025-01409

Google has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 18 claims of Telcom Ventures' NFC‑based mobile payment patent, arguing obviousness over four prior‑art references. The petition also challenges any discretionary denial and requests institution of the review.

patent · Nov 26, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00118

Samsung’s petition to invalidate Network‑1’s eSIM provisioning patent is met with a detailed preliminary response asserting examiner approval, lack of teaching in the cited references, and a valid priority claim. The patent owner urges the Board to deny the IPR.

patent · Nov 26, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00114

Samsung seeks IPR on Network‑1’s eSIM provisioning patent (US 11,233,780). Network‑1’s preliminary response argues the Examiner already approved claim 1 and that the petitioner’s combinations do not teach key claim limitations, urging denial of the petition.

patent · Nov 26, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00119

Network-1 Technologies opposes Samsung’s petition to institute an IPR on U.S. Patent 11,916,893 covering eSIM provisioning. The owner contends the Examiner already found the claims allowable and that Samsung’s prior‑art references do not disclose key claim limitations. The response seeks denial of the petition.

patent · Nov 26, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00118

Samsung has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 22 claims of Network‑1’s eUICC provisioning patent, alleging obviousness over multiple prior‑art references. The petition details how a POSITA would combine teachings from Park, GlobalPlatform, AbiChar, X9.63, Weiss and Nix175 to render the claims unpatentable.

patent · Nov 26, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00118

Samsung has filed an IPR petition to invalidate all 22 claims of Network‑1’s eUICC provisioning patent (US 12,207,094), asserting obviousness over multiple prior‑art references such as Park, GlobalPlatform, AbiChar, X9.63‑Overview, Weiss and Nix175.

patent · Nov 26, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00119

Samsung has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 17 claims of Network‑1’s ’893 patent covering eUICC provisioning, asserting obviousness over multiple prior‑art references.

patent · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00153

Samsung and Google have petitioned the PTAB to invalidate 27 claims of Headwater's messaging patent, arguing obviousness over a 3GPP standard and an earlier encryption patent. They also oppose discretionary denial under §§325(d) and 314(a).

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00154

The PTAB held that all 18 claims of Headwater’s ’042 patent are unpatentable, finding them obvious over a combination of prior‑art references Limont, Wright, Xu and Polson.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00153

The PTAB held that claims 1‑18 of the ’042 patent are unpatentable, finding them obvious over a combination of Limont, Wright, Xu, and Polson references.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00153

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all of the challenged claims of Headwater’s ’541 patent unpatentable. Google and its wireless partners successfully argued anticipation and obviousness over the Rao reference and related prior art.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00154

The PTAB held that all of the challenged claims of Headwater’s ’541 patent are unpatentable, finding anticipation or obviousness over the Rao reference and, for many claims, additional references.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00154

The PTAB held that Samsung’s ’733 patent claims are unpatentable, finding them obvious over a 3GPP MMS standard and an earlier encryption device. All 27 challenged claims were cancelled.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00153

The PTAB held that Samsung, Google and Samsung America failed to prove patentability of Headwater's ’733 patent. All challenged claims were found obvious over TS-23.140 and Ogawa, rendering them unpatentable.

patent · Nov 25, 2025

Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00153

Samsung has filed an IPR petition challenging Headwater’s ’192 MMS server patent, asserting that all challenged claims are obvious over a suite of prior‑art references. The petition seeks institution and argues against discretionary denial.

patent · Nov 22, 2025

Amazon.com Services LLC v.Smart Speaker LLC

· IPR2026-00148

Amazon has filed an IPR petition challenging Smart Speaker's ’590 patent covering smart‑meter appliances. The petition alleges obviousness over multiple prior‑art references for all 62 claims. The Board has not yet ruled on the petition.

patent · Nov 21, 2025

Amazon.com Services LLC v.Smart Speaker LLC

· IPR2026-00147

Amazon has filed an IPR petition challenging all 29 claims of Smart Speaker's ’174 smart‑home patent, asserting obviousness over multiple prior‑art references. The petition argues the examiner failed to consider key prior art and that the claims recite routine home‑automation functions.

patent · Nov 21, 2025

Cisco Systems, Inc. v.Dynamic Mesh Networks, Inc. d/b/a MeshDynamics

· IPR2026-00127

Cisco has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of 20 claims of MeshDynamics' ’762 VoIP mesh‑network patent, alleging obviousness over four prior‑art references. The petition includes claim constructions and requests the Board to institute review.

patent · Nov 20, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00117

Network‑1’s eUICC security patent (U.S. 12,166,869) faces a petition from Samsung. The patent owner argues the references either teach away or lack the required cryptographic linkage, urging the PTAB to deny institution.

patent · Nov 20, 2025

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2026-00117

Samsung has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 20 claims of Network‑1’s eUICC security patent, alleging obviousness over a combination of prior‑art references covering secure profile provisioning and IMSI encryption.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 11, 2025

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00098

Google succeeded in an IPR against Secure Communication Technologies’ ’913 patent, with the Board finding all challenged claims unpatentable as obvious over prior art.

patent · Nov 11, 2025

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00098

Google has petitioned the PTAB to invalidate Secure Communication Technologies' proximity‑beacon patent, asserting that earlier patents by Mgrdechian and others anticipate or render the claims obvious. The petition seeks institution of an IPR on claims 1‑8.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Nov 11, 2025

Google LLC v.Secure Communication Technologies, LLC

· IPR2026-00098

Google’s IPR against Target’s proximity‑based transaction patent resulted in the Board finding all nine challenged claims unpatentable, based on anticipation and obviousness over prior‑art wireless messaging systems.

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