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

Nov. 7, 2025, 5:47 PM UTC

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined that challenged claims of Maxell Ltd.'s patent that relates to a video recording device including a plurality of imaging units and a camera function control program are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America Inc. The board said that the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses technologies relating to ready click camera control, relates to performing photography of a subject where the photographer is the subject, and relates to a mobile ...

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