Owner Of Ballot Marking Patent Defends Invention Before Board

Mealey's (October 16, 2019, 1:32 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In an Oct. 15 patent owner response, a voting machine equipment manufacturer told the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that it should reject an inter partes review (IPR) petitioner’s assertion that a patented ballot marking device (BMD) is obvious (Smartmatic USA Corporation v. Election Systems & Software LLC, No. IPR2019-00531, PTAB)....