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

Challenged claims of CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd.'s patent that relates to a biometric card pointer system aren’t unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by ASSA ABLOY AB, ASSA ABLOY Inc., ASSA ABLOY Residential Group Inc., August Home Inc., HID Global Corporation, and ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims aren’t obvious over prior art that describes a system and method for controlling access to building doors or machines, describes an automated cashier machine that offers a secure and convenient way for users ...