Sterne Kessler Scores Two More PTAB Wins for Volkswagen Over Car Headlight Tech

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox secured two more favorable final written decisions in the remaining inter partes review proceedings of U.S. Patent No. 10,894,503 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on behalf of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. In sum, the PTAB found 68 of the ’503 patent’s 70 claims unpatentable in its three final written decisions. The ’503 patent relates to vehicle headlight systems that provide adaptive illumination to prevent glare. Read the latest final written decisions here and here.

The Sterne Kessler team representing Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. included: Directors Michael D. Specht, Jason A. Fitzsimmons, Daniel E. Yonan, Ian Soule, and Associates John D. Higgins and Brian Burke. The case numbers are IPR2023-00328 and IPR2023-00335, Volkswagen Group of America Inc. et al. v. Yechezkal Evan Spero. The ’503 patent has been asserted in Torchlight Technologies LLC v. Daimler AG et al, No. 1:22-cv-00751 (D.D.E.) and Torchlight Technologies LLC v. General Motors LLC et al, No. 1:22-cv00752 (D.D.E.).