Apple Secures PTAB Wins on Haptic Patents Ahead of Texas Trial

By Editorial Team

Apple Inc. has achieved victories at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) regarding the validity of several claims in four RevelHMI haptic feedback patents. This development comes just before an upcoming infringement trial scheduled for January in the Western District of Texas.

The PTAB found that Apple successfully demonstrated the invalidity of most of the claims challenged in the haptic feedback patents, although not all claims were invalidated.

The patents involved in the dispute include:

• 8,093,767 - Linear-resonant vibration module
• 8,860,337 - Linear vibration modules and linear-resonant vibration modules
• 9,941,830 - Linear vibration modules and linear-resonant vibration modules
• 11,152,882 - Oscillating-resonant-module controller

Law360 reported that the infringement trial in Texas is set to proceed as scheduled despite the PTAB rulings. The case involves multiple law firms representing the parties, including Fish & Richardson, Orrick Herrington, and Russ August.

Key entities involved in the legal proceedings include Apple Inc., the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

For more detailed information on the case, readers can access the attached documents, including the PTAB decisions and the pretrial order.

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