Wells Fargo Denied Tribunal Review of USAA Check Imaging Patent

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. failed in its bid to have a patent office tribunal review the validity of a check imaging patent.

The company didn’t “demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of showing any of the claims challenged in the Petition would have been obvious,” the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrote in declining inter partes review.

The patent at issue, United Services Automobile Association’s U.S. Patent No. 9,892,454, involves systems for using a check image to make a deposit.

Wells Fargo argued the technology is unpatentable because it’s obvious in light of previous inventions. To make its point, Wells Fargo ...