(December 7, 2016, 1:16 PM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Assertions by Apple Inc. that a device compression patent that has been frequently asserted in various federal lawsuits is invalid pursuant to 35 U.S. Code Section 103(a) were well received by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which instituted inter partes review (IPR) on Dec. 6 (Apple Inc. v. Parthenon United Memory Architecture LLC, No. IPR2016-01135, PTAB)....