Patent Board Sides With Apple, Deems All Challenged Claims Obvious

(January 12, 2018, 9:39 AM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a Jan. 11 final written decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board deemed all 24 challenged claims of a data compression patent obvious under Section 103(a) of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (Apple Inc. v. Realtime Data LLC, No. IPR2016-01366, PTAB)....