Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.

 
APPEAL NO.
23-2346
OP. BELOW
PTO
OPINION
TBD
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
TBD

Issue(s) Presented

1. “Whether the Board erred in finding that for the limitation ‘an LED circuit array comprising an LED circuit comprising a plurality of LEDs connected in series’ is properly construed to encompass a plurality of LED circuits/groups of LEDs being connected in series even when there are no LEDs are connected in series.”

2. “Whether the Board erred by determining that ‘an LED circuit comprising a plurality of LEDs connected in series’ was met in view of the cited references.”

3. “Whether the Board erred in construing the limitation ‘wherein a forward voltage of the LEDs … matches the rectified [] AC voltage output of the driver’ encompasses the rectified AC output voltage being ‘less than’ the forward voltage of the LEDs.”

4. “Whether the Board erred by determining that the limitation for the ‘forward voltage of the LEDs … matches the rectified [] AC voltage output of the driver’ in Claim 7 was met in view of the cited references.”

5. “Whether the Board erred in determining that the Martin reference, a published and later abandoned U.S. patent application that could only be prior art under pre AIA 35 § 102(e)(1), can be applied in an IPR as a ‘printed publication’ under 35 U.S.C. § 311(b).”

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