Computer-Based Speech Processing Patent Is Obvious, Petitioner Says

Mealey's (March 7, 2019, 3:16 PM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A patented method of improving the accuracy of coding text extracted from medical reports and other documents would have been obvious to a person of skill in the art (POSITA), a petitioner for inter partes review (IPR) told the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on March 6 (Nuance Communications Inc. v. MModal Services Ltd., No. IPR2019-00800, PTAB)....