Tesla’s Maxwell Wins Jury Trial Nixing Rival EV Tech Patents

December 18, 2023, 10:54 PM UTC

Tesla Inc.'s Maxwell Technologies unit convinced a federal jury to cancel two Cap-XX Ltd. patents related to technology used in batteries for electric vehicles on several separate grounds.

Jurors found that the patents failed to name the correct inventors and determined that all asserted claims of US Patent Nos. 6,920,034 and 7,382,600 are invalid as indefinite, according to a verdict issued Dec. 15 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware.

The ‘600 patent and parts of the ‘034 patent also were canceled for failing to enable someone skilled in the field to make and use the inventions. ...

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