Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

Challenged claims of iQar Inc.'s patent that discloses methods and systems for controlling power applied to a vehicle engine are unpatentable as anticipated by and obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found, in an inter partes review by Tesla Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are anticipated by and obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that discloses a vehicle navigation device that acquires location and weather data and displays the location and real-time weather information on a display of the navigation, a vehicle controller for controlling an actuator to minimize ...