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Invalidity Search Report for US12675407B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "MEMORY MODULE WITH LOCAL CLOCK SIGNALS," U.S. Patent No. 12,675,407 B2, assigned to Netlist, Inc. The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (claims 1–20) of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide, published before the subject patent's earliest effective filing date (Critical Date: July 27, 2013). The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention. The subject patent is directed to a memory module in which distributed data buffers each regenerate a group-local clock for a corresponding group of memory devices, the plurality of local clocks having phase relationships with the system clock that are programmable independently of each other, and each local clock being output only to its corresponding group.
Invalidity Search Report for US7599231B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to U.S. Patent No. 7,599,231 B2, titled "ADAPTIVE REGULATOR FOR IDLE STATE IN A CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT OF A MEMORY DEVICE," originally assigned to Atmel Corporation (current assignee: Crestone IP Management, LLC). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (1-19) of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention, which is directed to an adaptive voltage generator that holds a memory read/modify line at a predetermined "idle" voltage substantially equal to the read voltage before and while switching between read and modify (program/erase) operations — thereby suppressing charge-sharing and supply-line switching disturbances during read-while-write — and then ramps the modify line to the high program voltage and discharges it before switching back. The search covered U.S., European, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and PCT patent literature together with IEEE/academic non-patent literature, using classification codes (G11C16/30, G11C16/12, G11C16/06, G11C16/08, G11C5/145) and multilingual keyword matrices. All references admitted in the subject patent's Background and all references cited during prosecution were excluded under a §325(d)-conscious strategy. The Critical Date was fixed at October 11, 2006 (U.S. filing date; no earlier priority claimed), and the public-availability/priority date of every candidate was independently verified against first-source records. One highly on-point candidate (a Korean-priority document disclosing use of the word-line read voltage as an initial voltage before program ramp-up) was verified to post-date the Critical Date by one day and was accordingly excluded as ineligible. Four Most Relevant References (D1-D4) and four Additional References were identified. No single reference discloses every element of any independent claim; accordingly, no claim is anticipated (Category X). The invalidity theory is therefore based on obviousness (Category Y), supported by verbatim, precisely-located disclosures mapped element-by-element in the claim charts. Claims that could not be tied to an explicit prior-art disclosure are transparently marked Category A. The report (approx. 17 pages) includes: full subject-patent bibliographic and search-strategy information; a Most Relevant / Additional References table with X/Y/A categorization; a full Claim 1-19 Relevancy Matrix; detailed claim charts for all three independent claims (1, 6, 12) and every dependent claim, each quoting the prior-art text at its exact location (claim number, figure, section/paragraph); and a complete search-history appendix (multilingual keyword sets, Boolean/proximity queries, and databases).
Invalidity Search Report for US8261072B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE EXTERNAL TPM PASSWORD GENERATION AND USE," originally assigned to Atmel Corporation (current assignee: Crestone IP Management, LLC). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (1–48) of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide (US, EP, CN, JP, KR, PCT, and non-patent literature). The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention. The subject patent is directed to a TPM-based computer system in which a secure access code (authorization secret) is generated by a secure generator at a remote device outside the trusted platform module and securely conveyed to, recognized by, and used as a parameter for TPM commands — so that the authorization secret is never created or exposed on the potentially-compromised host.
Invalidity Search Report for US9209164B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE OF PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME," US 9,209,164 B2, originally assigned to Contemporary applicant Delta Electronics, Inc. and currently assigned to MARE INFINITUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC. The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (Claims 1–10) of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide (US/EP/CN/JP/KR/PCT). The subject patent is directed to a three-dimensional package structure in which a first semiconductor device has a via-hole formed completely through it, a via structure disposed in the via-hole without exceeding the first (device-side) opening, and a first pad disposed on the device side covering the via-hole and lying on the same level as the first electronic device, the first device being vertically integrated with a second semiconductor device. The critical date was fixed at November 13, 2012 (the filing date of parent application No. 13/675,297, from which this continuation-in-part claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120). All references of record and all references cited during prosecution of the subject patent were excluded from the search results. Every claim element was mapped to prior art only where the reference expressly discloses that element at an identifiable location, with the matching disclosure quoted verbatim together with its exact source location (figure, section, or passage). No paraphrased or merely suggestive disclosure was treated as anticipatory.
Invalidity Search Report for US9804819B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD," U.S. Patent No. 9,804,819 B2, assigned to SOUNDCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC (original applicant: JVC Kenwood Corporation). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide. The subject patent is directed to a volume-lock control for a receiving apparatus in which, from the locked state, turning on a predetermined operating part switches to the non-locked state only when the operating value comes within a predetermined range based on the stored lock value (soft-takeover / pickup), and turning the operating part off updates the lock value and returns the apparatus to the locked state — thereby preventing a sudden volume jump upon re-adjustment. The Critical Date was fixed at December 7, 2015 (earliest effective filing date = Japanese priority date, JP 2015-238210). Only references publicly available before this date were treated as eligible prior art, and every reference cited on the face of the subject patent was excluded. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention.
Invalidity Search Report for US9123034B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FOR PARKING USING AUTONOMOUS POSITION SENSING," assigned to Transparent Wireless Systems, LLC. The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention. The subject patent is directed to a mobile parking-payment system in which a handset or in-vehicle platform determines the parking location by satellite positioning, automatically senses the vehicle's identity from a distinct in-vehicle device over near-field/short-range wireless, allows the user to override the sensed position by designating an alternative location on-screen (which is set as the parking spot and initiates the session), and supports handheld enforcement and automatic session termination. The critical date is April 23, 2012 (earliest effective filing date; pre-AIA). All adopted references were published before the critical date and, per §325(d) risk-mitigation policy, none was cited or considered during prosecution of the subject patent. Every adopted reference and every quoted disclosure was verified against the primary document. Four killer references were identified: US Reference (D1), US Reference (D2), US Reference (D3), and US Reference (D4). Specific reference identities are disclosed to the buyer upon purchase.
Invalidity Search Report for US10783506B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "Methods and Systems for Access Control to Secure Facilities" (US 10,783,506 B2), assigned to Transparent Wireless Systems, LLC. The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (1–32) of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide (US/EP/CN/JP/KR/PCT and non-patent literature). The subject patent is directed to controlling access at a gated facility using a plurality of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon modules that receive advertisement packets carrying a handset/user identifier, time-average the per-beacon received signal strength indication (RSSI), report the identifier and RSSI to a server, and have the server select — among several handsets queued at different distances — the one most likely to occupy the expected location at the gate, authenticate only that handset, and open the gate. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention, with particular attention to references not considered during prosecution. All references adopted below are non-examiner-cited and fall outside the subject patent's file history.
Invalidity Search Report for US8423235B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DRIVING INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF" (US 8,423,235 B2), assigned to Mtekvision Co., Ltd. The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent (claims 1–17), including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide. The critical date for this analysis is September 14, 2009 (the Korean priority date), and only references publicly available before that date were adopted. To preserve the report's value for an inter partes review petition, every reference appearing on the face of the subject patent and its background — as well as the examiner-cited Rayner family — was deliberately excluded, so that all adopted art is non-redundant under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d). The subject patent's alleged point of novelty is a camera-equipped vehicle recorder that generates two different sets of driving information depending on whether the vehicle is in use or in nonuse, the minimal nonuse set being produced by periodically waking the device on an auxiliary power supply and used to verify that the recorder has not been disabled. The report adopts five verified killer references (D1–D5) and four corroborating additional references, with full element-by-element claim charts and a claims-by-references relevancy matrix. No single reference anticipates the independent claims, so the grounds are presented as obviousness grounds under § 103.
Invalidity Search Report for US9275982B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled “Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof.” The search was conducted to identify prior-art references relevant to all claims (Claims 1–10) of the subject patent, including patent documents and publicly available non-patent literature (NPL) available before the Critical Date (September 6, 2012). The search focused on semiconductor packaging and through-substrate interconnection technologies, including conductive-pad formation over through-holes, electroplating from conductive pads, screen-printed conductive layers, backside-via structures, vertical integration, and wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing. To maximize the usefulness of the report, documents already cited during prosecution of the subject patent were excluded from the principal invalidity references whenever possible, and emphasis was placed on previously uncited prior art.
Invalidity Search Report for US7924296B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to U.S. Patent No. 7,924,296 B2, titled "System and Method for DMA Controlled Image Processing." The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (Claims 1–37) of the subject patent, including worldwide patent publications and publicly available non-patent literature (NPL). The search focused on technologies relating to multi-channel DMA architectures, descriptor-based DMA control, linked-list DMA fetching, image-tile fetching, display composition, overlay blending, color-space conversion, image scaling, display controllers, and frame-bufferless image processing. Extensive searches were performed across U.S., EP, WO, JP, CN, and KR patent databases together with ARM, Intel, and other publicly available technical documentation. To maximize the usefulness of the report for invalidity proceedings, all references cited during prosecution and all references appearing on the face of the patent were excluded from the primary prior-art selection. Additional searches were conducted in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean patent literature, together with technical documentation for commercial display-controller architectures, to identify previously uncited references suitable for post-grant validity challenges. The purpose of this search is to identify prior art that may affect the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention.
Invalidity Search Report for US11257115B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to U.S. Patent No. 11,257,115 B2, titled "Providing Additional Digital Content or Advertising Based on Analysis of Specific Interest in the Digital Content Being Viewed." The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (Claims 1–16) of the subject patent, including worldwide patent publications and publicly available non-patent literature (NPL). The search focused on technologies relating to web-page region segmentation, user-interest measurement based on pointing-device tracking, dwell-time analysis with idle-time filtering, per-region keyword extraction, semantic analysis, content recommendation, and targeted advertising. Extensive searches were performed across U.S., EP, WO, JP, CN, and KR patent databases together with IEEE, ACM, Microsoft Research, and other publicly available technical literature. To maximize the usefulness of the report for invalidity proceedings, all references cited during prosecution, Applicant-Admitted Prior Art (AAPA), incorporated-by-reference documents, and references appearing on the face of the patent were excluded from the primary prior-art selection. Additional searches were conducted in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean patent literature to identify previously uncited references suitable for post-grant validity challenges. The purpose of this search is to identify prior art that may affect the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention.
Invalidity Search Report_for US9070374B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled “Communication Apparatus and Condition Notification Method for Notifying a Used Condition of Communication Apparatus by Using a Light-Emitting Device Attached to Communication Apparatus” (US 9,070,374 B2). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (1–15) of the subject patent, including the communication method (claims 1–8) and the communication apparatus (claims 9–15). The search covered worldwide patent documents (US/EP/JP/KR/CN/PCT) and publicly available technical disclosures published before the February 20, 2012 critical date (Japanese priority). The search strategy focused on simplex (PTT) communication apparatus, LED-based communication status indication, microphone speech-level and speech-quality evaluation, voice activity detection (VAD), dual-microphone noise cancellation, microphone direction determination, and user feedback technologies. Candidate references were verified for public availability before the critical date, and references previously considered by the Examiner were excluded from the primary X/Y prior art positions. The report includes a comprehensive prior art reference list, claim-by-claim relevancy analysis, detailed element-by-element claim charts, and an invalidity assessment prepared for U.S. patent validity review.
Invalidity Search Report for US9031259B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS, AUDIO INPUT APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD" (US 9,031,259 B2), originally assigned to JVC Kenwood Corporation (Current Assignee: SoundClear Technologies LLC). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (1–20) — covering the noise-reduction apparatus (claim 1 and dependent claims 2–11), the audio input apparatus (claim 12), and the noise-reduction method (claim 13 and dependent claims 14–20) — and includes patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures (non-patent literature) worldwide, published before the September 15, 2011 critical date (Japanese priority). The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention. The deliverable includes a reference list, a claim-by-claim relevancy matrix, and detailed element-by-element claim charts.
Killer Prior Art - Patent Invalidity Search Report: US 9,031,259 B2 - All Claims 1-20
This report presents the results of a worldwide invalidity search directed to all 20 claims of US 9,031,259 B2 (Current assignee: SOUNDCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Critical Date: September 15, 2011). The alleged point of novelty was construed as the ordered combination of (i) a speech-segment determination on the sound picked up by either microphone, (ii) a voice-direction detection from the inter-microphone phase difference or magnitude difference performed on receipt of that speech-segment information, and (iii) an adaptive filter operating on both pick-up signals under joint control of the speech-segment and direction information. The search covered US, EP, WO, JP, CN, and KR patent literature together with IEEE, Elsevier and conference non-patent literature, using nine CPC/IPC classes (G10L21/0216, G10L2021/02161, G10L2021/02165, G10L2021/02166, G10L25/78, G10L25/84, H04R3/005, H04R1/40, G01S3/86), a ten-group multilingual keyword matrix in English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese, and twelve boolean and proximity queries. Original-language text was read for every Japanese, Chinese and Korean hit retained; machine translation was used for screening only. Four Most Relevant References (one category X, three category Y) and three Additional References were selected. Public-availability before the Critical Date was verified for each against first-source bibliographic records. Every document appearing in the subject patent's specification or on its References Cited page — sixteen references in total — was excluded from both lists, verified line by line against the issued patent. None of the four Most Relevant References was before the Examiner, so each supports an unpatentability ground that is not cumulative of the prosecution record for the purposes of 35 U.S.C. §325(d). Contents: subject patent analysis and search strategy · reference tables with X/Y/A categories · claim-by-claim relevancy matrix · five element-by-element claim charts with pinpoint citations to claim number, figure and reference numeral, and displayed equation number · detailed comparative analysis for each independent and dependent claim group · full search-information appendix (databases, keyword matrix, query set, exclusion list).
Invalidity_Search_Report_US9961209B2
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent titled "CODEC SELECTION OPTIMIZATION" (US 9,961,209 B2), originally assigned to iBasis, Inc. (current assignee: Session Link Research LLC). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims (1–21) of the subject patent — covering the offer-augmentation method/apparatus (claims 1–12) and the SDP answer-optimization method/apparatus (claims 13–21) — and includes patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures (non-patent literature) worldwide, published before the June 26, 2015 critical date. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention. The deliverable includes a reference list, a claim-by-claim relevancy matrix, and detailed claim charts with element-level mapping and obviousness analysis.
Invalidity Search Report for US10338209B2
This report provides a targeted invalidity (prior art) search and analysis for U.S. Patent US 10,338,209 B2, titled “Systems to Track a Moving Sports Object,” assigned to EDH US LLC. The objective of this search was to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent, with a particular focus on sensor fusion technologies combining radar and camera systems for tracking moving objects and determining their trajectories. This search was specifically conducted based on: Korean patent literature (KR patents and applications) Non-Patent Literature (NPL), including academic journals and technical publications related to radar-vision sensor fusion and motion tracking The search strategy incorporated: Korean and English keyword-based searching Technology-focused queries on Doppler radar, camera-based tracking, and 3D trajectory estimation Patent classification analysis (IPC/CPC) Review of technical disclosures relating to sensor fusion, motion estimation, and object tracking systems The report includes: Identification of highly relevant prior art (including X-category references) Supporting patent and academic references Detailed claim charts mapping prior art to each claim element Technical comparison and relevance evaluation Transparent documentation of search methodology and data sources This report is suitable for patent invalidity analysis, litigation support, and strategic IP decision-making.
Invalidity Search Report for EP3082455B1
This report provides a targeted invalidity (prior art) search and analysis for European Patent EP 3082455 B1, titled “USE OF A SWEET WHEY CONTAINING INFANT FORMULA FOR PROMOTING THE POSTNATAL NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFANT GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTESTINAL FUNCTIONS THAT IT CONTROLS,” assigned to Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.. The objective of this search was to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent, with a particular focus on the use of sweet whey proteins (e.g., α-lactalbumin, β-lactoglobulin, serum albumin, immunoglobulins, lactoferrin) for the prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal and enteric nervous system-related disorders in infants. This search was specifically conducted based on: Korean patent literature (KR patents and applications) Non-Patent Literature (NPL), including academic theses, scientific publications, and technical databases The search employed a systematic and multilingual strategy, including: Korean and English keyword-based searching Protein-specific and disease-specific query development Patent classification-based searching (IPC/CPC) Analysis of technical disclosures related to infant nutrition, digestion, and gastrointestinal health The report includes: Highly relevant prior art references (including X-category references) Supporting patent and non-patent literature Detailed claim charts mapping prior art against each claim element Technical relevance assessment and structured analysis Transparent documentation of search methodology and sources This report is suitable for invalidity analysis, opposition proceedings (EPO), litigation support, and strategic IP evaluation.
Invalidity Search Report for US9826855B2
This report provides a comprehensive worldwide patent invalidity search and analysis for U.S. Patent US 9,826,855 B2, titled “Circulator Cooker with Alarm System,” assigned to Anova Applied Electronics, Inc.. The objective of this search was to identify relevant prior art references that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of all claims of the subject patent, with particular emphasis on structural features relating to a lower portion releasably connected to upper and middle portions. The search was conducted across global patent databases and non-patent literature (NPL), utilizing advanced search strategies including: Keyword-based searching in multiple languages (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) Patent classification-based searching (IPC, CPC, FI, F-term, etc.) File wrapper and citation analysis Inventor and assignee tracking The report includes: Identification of most relevant prior art references (Category X/Y/A) Additional supporting references Detailed claim charts mapping prior art against claim elements Technical comparison and relevance assessment Transparent search strategy and database disclosure This report is suitable for patent invalidity analysis, litigation support, licensing negotiations, and IP strategy development.
Prior Art Search on US 2023-0216047 A1
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent application titled “LITHIUM-NICKEL-MANGANESE-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE MATERIAL, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS,” assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent application, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention.
Prior Art Search on US 2024-0014386 A1
This report provides the results of a comprehensive worldwide prior art search relating to the U.S. patent application titled “POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING SAME,” assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL). The search was conducted to identify prior art references relevant to all claims of the subject patent application, including patent documents and publicly available technical disclosures worldwide. The purpose of this search is to locate potentially relevant prior art that may impact the novelty and/or inventive step of the claimed invention.