Patent Board Affirms Final Rejection Of Anti-Virus Patent

(April 19, 2017, 7:53 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In an April 17 final written decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board agreed with a patent examiner that 20 claims of a patented system and method for detecting and nullifying the effects of computer viruses do not pass muster under Section 103(a) of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. (Ex parte Intellectual Ventures I LLC, No. 2017-000054, PTAB)....