USPTO TERMINATES HID GLOBAL CORPORATION REQUEST FOR RE-EXAMINATION OF CHARTER PACIFIC’S ‘705 AND ‘208 PATENTS
On 27 May 2025 the USPTO granted Charter Pacific’s Petition to Vacate the HID Global Corporation’s (HID) (a subsidiary of Assa Abloy) Request for Re-examination of Charter Pacific’s Remote Entry System 9,665,705 and 9,269,208 patents. Most significantly, the USPTO agreed with Charter Pacific that;
- the first Final Written Decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in the related (Assa Abloy) Inter Parte´ Reviews (IPRs) was an estoppel-causing event, and
- that the prior art relied upon by HID “reasonably could have been raised” in those IPRs.
In granting Charter Pacific’s Petition, the USPTO has terminated the HID Request for Re-examination proceeding, it has vacated its prior order granting the HID Request for Re-examination, and all other papers filed as part of the proceeding will be vacated and/or expunged with the exception of the Decision itself, which shall remain open to the public to provide a record of what happened.
Below is the extract of the Conclusion of the USPTO decision.
CONCLUSION
- Patent owner’s January 3, 2025 petition under 37 CFR 18l(a) requesting that the Office vacate the reexamination order of November 4, 2024 pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 315(e)(l) is granted.
- Requester’s certification pursuant to 37 CFR 51O(b)(6) is improper. The estoppel provisions of 35 U.S.C. 315(e)(l) apply to requester with respect to claims 1-17 of the ‘705 patent. As a result, the present reexamination proceeding is hereby terminated.
- The order granting reexamination mailed on November 4, 2024 is vacated.
- All other papers of record which were issued by the Office in the present reexamination proceeding, as a whole, are vacated.
- All papers, including the request papers, previously issued Office communications including the November 4, 2024 order granting reexamination, patent owner’s February 7, 2025 improper paper, and all other papers deposited by the parties in the present reexamination proceeding, will be expunged by marking the papers “closed” and “non-public,” and will not constitute part of the public.
- The present decision will remain open to the public to provide a record of the action being taken.
To view the full USPTO decisions – Charter Pacific’s Remote Entry System 9,665,705 and 9,269,208 patents.
Prior releases on litigation
15 May 2025 – CPC Patent Technologies V Apple
13 May 2025 – Update – CPC v Apple Trial in Federal Court of Australia, Sydney