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

Challenged claims of Ecolink Intelligent Technology Inc.'s patent directed to reducing the occurrence of false alarms in a security system for a home or business are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Roku Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are obvious over prior art directed to reducing the number of false alarms that may occur in a home security system, that discloses portable devices worn by authorized people to enter a space protected by an alarm system, and that discloses a method that automatically disarms ...