International Business Machines Corporation v. Security First Innovations, LLC

UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY et al.vsMES, Inc.

The USPTO denied Union Electric’s request for Director Review of the institution denial in IPR2025-01323, keeping the institution decision intact.

Ascentcare Dental Products, Inc.vsSolmetex, LLC

Ascentcare Dental Products has filed a post‑grant review petition seeking cancellation of all 31 claims of Solmetex’s dental mouthpiece patent, alleging obviousness, lack of written description, and indefiniteness. The petition leans on three earlier patents and expert testimony to argue the claims are unpatentable.

Solaris Oilfield Site Services Operating, LLC et al.vsMasaba, Inc.

The PTAB granted institution of IPR for Solaris against Masaba's aggregate handling patent (11780689), finding a reasonable likelihood that key claims are obvious over Waldner and Dynatek.

Valeo SE et al.vsForas Technologies Limited

Valeo SE et al. filed a Petition challenging claims of Foras Technologies Limited's patent (7502958) on grounds of obviousness and anticipation. The petitioners argue that the claimed fault-tolerant processor architecture is rendered obvious by combining Bigbee and Nguyen prior art references.

Jumio CorporationvsFaceTec, Inc.

Jumio Corporation petitions the PTAB to invalidate FaceTec’s facial‑authentication patent, arguing that all 20 claims are obvious over prior art such as Derakhshani, Tanii, Zhang and Tahk, and that discretionary denial is improper.