Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 4:21 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a consolidated appeal of three inter partes review (IPR) proceedings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 20 agreed that various claims of patents relating to remote equipment monitoring were properly invalidated by the board while others confirmed as valid must be revisited (Vivint Inc. v. Alarm.com Inc., Nos. 2017-2218, -2219, -2220, -2260, -2261, -2262, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 35817)....