Some challenged claims of Aptiv Technologies AG’s patent that relates to a system to enable a vehicle’s embedded USB host system to connect to multiple mobile devices through a USB hub are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Microchip Technology Inc. The board determined that some challenged claims are obvious over prior art that relates to a hub with a host-to-host transmission function, and to a data transmission bridge device and control chip thereof for transmitting data. And the board denied Aptiv’s motion to strike and Microchip’s ...
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