(March 15, 2017, 1:16 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Efforts by Ford Motor Co. to invalidate a patented system and method for consolidating multiple product configuration models pursuant to the covered business method (CBM) review mechanism were unsuccessful on March 15, when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied Ford’s petition (Ford Motor Co. v. Versata Development Group Inc., No. CBM2016-00101, PTAB)....