Google Prevails Before Patent Board In Review Of Webpage Retrieval Patent

Mealey's (January 16, 2019, 12:53 PM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a final written decision issued Jan. 15, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board sided with inter partes review (IPR) petitioner Google LLC on the software giant’s claim that a patent relating to retrieval of a World Wide Web (WWW) page using a minimally restrictive syntax is obvious (Google LLC v. Spring Ventures Ltd., No. IPR 2017-01653, PTAB)....