August 07, 2024
Federal Circuit judges proved unpersuaded on Wednesday to do anything to touch an administrative board ruling that wiped out most, but not all, of the claims in a patent that allegedly covered a new feature in the Roomba brand of robotic vacuum cleaners.
November 15, 2022
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that most of the claims in a patent covering a newer feature on iRobot brands of robotic floor cleaners would have been obvious from older patents, a decision that comes a little over a month after a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled that products made by rival SharkNinja likely infringed the patent.
November 18, 2021
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review an iRobot Corp. patent related to a robotic floor cleaner, reversing course from an earlier decision where it had shot down SharkNinja's request for review.