Executive Summary
Stanley Black & Decker has filed an IPR petition challenging claims 1‑3 of Viking Arm’s ’473 patent covering a handheld jacking tool. The challenger asserts the claims are obvious over the German Gruber publication combined with the earlier Braselmann patent.
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