PTAB Institutes IPR Despite Concurrent Ex Parte Reexamination, PTAB Litigation Blog
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In Thermaltake Technology Co., Ltd. et al v. Chien-Hao Chen et al, IPR2024-01230, Paper 12 (PTAB Feb. 19, 2025), the PTAB granted the institution of inter partes review (“IPR”) while an ex parte reexamination (“EPR”) on the same patent was ongoing. On July 26, 2024, Thermaltake filed a petition for inter partes review concerning patent No. 10,690,336, entitled “[i]llumination fan connectable with at least one illumination fan for a computer.” A third party had filed the EPR for this same patent on July 2, 2024.
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