Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that challenged claims of Kioba Processing LLC’s patent that describes a Smartcard that is a plastic card with an embedded integrated circuit computer chip that has been chemically processed and etched with a specific set of electrical characteristics are unpatentable as anticipated by or obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Askeladden LLC. The board determined that the challenged claims are anticipated by and obvious over prior art titled “Interchangeable Battery for Mobile Radio Telephone,” “Information technology — Identification cards — Integrated circuit(s) cards with contacts,” and “Identification cards — ...