Samsung Axes Charger Patents Asserted Against It, Dell, Anker (Correct)

Samsung Electronics Co. defeated all or parts of four power-converter patents a company based in the island nation of Seychelles accused it of infringing.

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that 84 claims challenged by Samsung were obvious and shouldn’t have been granted patent protection, in separate sets of decisions issued Monday and Wednesday.

The Seychelles company, MyPAQ Holdings Ltd., sued the South Korean tech giant in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas in April 2021—the first volley in a trio of suits that also targeted Chinese electronics manufacturer Anker ...