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

Challenged claims of Resonant Systems Inc.'s patent that relates to vibration modules that can be incorporated into a wide variety of different types of electromechanical devices and systems to produce vibrations of selected amplitudes and frequencies over a wide range of amplitude/frequency space are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Apple Inc. The board determined that most of the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses a device with an linear resonant actuator to generate vibrotactile haptic feedback on ...