Microsoft Petition For Inter Partes Review Of Coding Patent Granted

(December 20, 2016, 12:56 PM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A patented method and apparatus for entropy coding and the application of error-resilient coding to image compression likely contain claims that do not pass muster under 35 U.S. Code Section 103, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled Dec. 16 (Microsoft Corp. v. FastVDO LLC, No. IPR2016-01179, PTAB)....