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Wireless communications — US PTAB Patent Cases

1,362 decisions indexed

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Motorola Solutions, Inc. v.STA Group, LLC

· IPR2024-00207

Motorola Solutions and STA Group filed a joint motion asking the PTAB to keep their settlement agreement confidential under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b). They contend the agreement contains highly sensitive business information that could be harmed if disclosed.

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Amazon.com Services LLC et al. v.Smart Speaker LLC

· IPR2026-00280

Amazon has filed an IPR petition challenging 27 claims of Smart Speaker’s ’720 patent, asserting obviousness over a suite of prior‑art references covering microphones, WLAN, speakers, and lighting. The petition highlights a deficient examiner search and seeks cancellation of all challenged claims.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Headwater Research LLC

· IPR2024-00341

Headwater Research LLC seeks Director review of an IPR decision that found all claims of its 2013 MMS messaging patent unpatentable. The patent owner contends the Board improperly relied on expert testimony because the cited prior art (TS-23.140) does not disclose the required agent communication bus. The request asks the Director to vacate the decision and terminate the IPR.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Headwater Research LLC

· IPR2024-00342

Samsung and Google have filed a petition for Director Review after the PTAB denied institution of a second IPR covering all 30 claims of Headwater’s ’733 patent. They argue the denial was improper and that the Patent Owner’s stipulation fails to protect their products from future litigation.

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Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC v.--

· PGR2024-00034

Good Sportsman Marketing petitions the PTAB to invalidate Hangzhou ZH Tech’s ’855 patent covering a walkie‑talkie mount for earmuffs, asserting obviousness, indefiniteness, and lack of enablement/written description across all 19 claims.

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Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00435

Comcast submits an authorized response urging denial of Entropic’s request for Director Review of the IPR’s Final Written Decision, asserting no abuse of discretion and that the Board’s explanation of the Zhang reference satisfies the required memorandum.

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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. et al. v.AQ Corporation

· IPR2026-00234

Samsung Electronics has filed an IPR petition challenging AQ Corporation’s U.S. Patent 11,728,564 covering a smartphone antenna module. The petition asserts that all 22 claims are obvious over multiple prior‑art references and seeks cancellation of the claims.

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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. et al. v.AQ Corporation

· IPR2026-00234

Samsung has filed an IPR petition challenging AQ Corp's ’564 smartphone antenna patent, asserting that all 22 claims are obvious over multiple prior‑art references covering dual‑side coil layouts, NFC, MST and wireless charging. The petition seeks cancellation of claims 1‑20 under 35 U.S.C. §311.

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Google LLC v.--

· IPR2026-00271

Google has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 14 claims of Headwater Research’s ’564 patent covering a mobile device with secure MMS messaging. The petition relies on obviousness arguments combining TS‑23.140, Rakic and several other references.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.AQ Corporation

· IPR2026-00232

Samsung has filed an IPR petition challenging AQ Corp’s U.S. Patent 11,495,875 covering a smartphone antenna module. The petition asserts that all 20 claims are obvious in view of multiple prior‑art references teaching dual‑sided coil layouts, via connections, and parallel circuitry.

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Google LLC et al. v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00203

Google has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 21 claims of Headwater's 9,232,403 patent covering a secure MMS-enabled mobile device, arguing obviousness over TS‑23.140, Ogawa, and other references.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Headwater Research LLC

· IPR2024-00342

Samsung and Google petitioned for a Director Review of the PTAB's denial to institute an IPR against Headwater Research's patent. The Board denied the request, leaving the institution denial in place.

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Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless et al. v.Fractus, S.A.

· IPR2026-00196

Verizon has filed a petition to invalidate Fractus’s 11,031,677 antenna patent, seeking cancellation of all 20 claims on grounds of obviousness and lack of written description for 4G LTE implementations.

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Resmed Corp. v.Fractus, S.A.

· IPR2026-00191

Resmed has filed a petition to cancel all 20 claims of Fractus’s ’677 antenna patent, alleging lack of novelty, obviousness, and insufficient written description for 4G standards. The petition relies on prior‑art references Dou, Ciais‑Quadband, Nakano, and Baliarda‑543.

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Google LLC v.K.Mizra LLC

· IPR2026-00254

Google has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 20 claims of K.Mizra's 2012 wireless networking patent, arguing anticipation and obviousness over Yoon, Andric, and Budampati references.

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Target Corporation v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00154

Target Corporation has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all fifteen claims of Headwater Research’s 2017 ‘192 patent covering a message‑link server for MMS. The petition relies on a broad set of prior‑art references to argue obviousness under §§102/103.

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Amazon.com Services LLC v.Smart Speaker LLC

· IPR2026-00146

Amazon has filed an IPR petition challenging all 29 claims of Smart Speaker’s ’706 patent, asserting that the claims are obvious over multiple prior‑art references. The petition argues the examiner failed to consider obviousness, while the patent owner maintains the invention’s novelty.

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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.

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Google LLC et al. v.HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC

· IPR2026-00138

Google has filed a petition to institute an IPR against Headwater Research’s U.S. Patent 9,609,544, seeking cancellation of all 23 claims on the basis that they are obvious under 35 U.S.C. §103. The petition relies on a combination of prior‑art references covering network policy and power‑management techniques.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. v.Golden Eye Technologies LLC

· IPR2026-00188

Cisco has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate five claims of Golden Eye's 9,271,243 patent covering WLAN transmit‑power adjustment. The challenger relies on prior‑art references Hills, Wang and Calhoun to argue obviousness under 35 U.S.C. §103.

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Cisco Systems, Inc. v.GOLDEN EYE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

· IPR2026-00187

Cisco has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate claims 1‑3 and 13‑15 of Golden Eye Technologies' 9,717,037 patent. The challenger argues the claims are obvious over earlier Wi‑Fi standards and patents (Choudhary, Hasty, Chen). The petition requests the Board to institute the review and cancel the challenged claims.

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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, arguing the claims are obvious over a suite of prior‑art references.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

· IPR2026-00114

Samsung has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 20 claims of Network‑1’s eUICC provisioning patent, alleging obviousness over a combination of prior‑art standards and publications.

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Apple Inc. v.HBCU Messaging US LP

· IPR2026-00104

Apple has filed an IPR petition challenging all 30 claims of the ’183 Patent covering undelivered‑message thresholds. The petition asserts that a combination of four prior‑art references makes the claims obvious under § 103. No institution decision has been made yet.

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Apple Inc. v.HBCU Messaging US LP

· IPR2026-00109

Apple has filed a petition for inter‑partes review of HBCU Messaging’s ’827 patent covering random‑number‑derived message transmission. The petitioner contends the claims are obvious over a combination of prior‑art messaging references and seeks cancellation of all challenged claims.

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Apple Inc. v.HBCU Messaging US LP

· IPR2026-00107

Apple Inc. filed an IPR petition challenging all 30 claims of U.S. Patent 11,991,601, asserting that the claims are obvious over a combination of four prior‑art references covering wireless messaging. The petition seeks institution of the review and cancellation of the claims.

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Apple Inc. v.HBCU MESSAGING US LP

· IPR2026-00105

Apple has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 30 claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,991,600, which covers methods for selecting message bearers on mobile devices. The petition relies on obviousness grounds under 35 U.S.C. §103, combining prior art from Horvath, Tsampalis, Kansal, and Dorenbosch. No claim constructions or institution decision are present at this stage.

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