(December 10, 2019, 11:10 AM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a Dec. 9 petition for inter partes review (IPR), Volkswagen Group of America Inc. tells the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a patented technique for controlling vehicle engine output claims “basic operations” and recites “well-known methods” (Volkswagen Group of America Inc. v. Michigan Motor Technologies LLC, No. IPR2020-00169, PTAB)....