This morning the Federal Circuit issued two nonprecedential opinions in patent cases involving the same parties, both appeals from final decisions in inter partes review proceedings. Here are the introductions to the opinions.
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Promptu Systems Corp. (Nonprecedential)
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, appeals two inter partes review final-written decisions, in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that Comcast failed to prove claims 1, 2, 4–6, 12–15, 17–19, 25–28, 30–32, 38–42, 53–55, 61, 62, 64–66 (the challenged claims) of U.S. Patent No. 7,047,196 would have been obvious. For the following reasons, we affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Promptu Systems Corp. (Nonprecedential)
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, appeals two inter partes review final-written decisions, in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that Comcast failed to prove claims 1–7, 17–24, 33–35, 37, and 40–41 (the challenged claims) of U.S. Patent No. 7,260,538 would have been obvious. For the following reasons, we affirm.