Short Summary
Rode Microphones filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 14 claims of Zaxcom’s 9,336,307 patent, arguing that prior‑art systems render the claims anticipated or obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
Detailed Summary
In the IPR2018‑00972 petition, Rode Microphones, LLC challenges Zaxcom, Inc.’s U.S. Patent 9,336,307 covering wireless audio recording systems. The petitioner contends that the patent’s sole novel feature—locally recording audio to repair transmission dropouts—has been known for years, citing a suite of prior‑art references (Strub, Nagai, Gleissner, Wood, Lee, among others). By combining these references, the petition asserts that each of the 14 claims is either anticipated or rendered obvious, and therefore unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 102. The petition requests that the PTAB institute the IPR and cancel the claims.
Practitioner Note
This case demonstrates the evidentiary and procedural standards applied in patent matters before local courts. Understanding the court's reasoning in Rode Microphones, LLC et al. vs Zaxcom, Inc. is valuable context for structuring arguments or assessing risk in similar proceedings.
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