"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday affirmed two final written decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, concluding that the board did not err in finding claims of two Eagle View Technologies, Inc. patents unpatentable as obvious. Eagle View Technologies, Inc. had appealed the PTAB's decisions, which held that claims of its U.S. Patent Nos. 8,670,961 and 8,078,436 were obvious over"
"The patents, both titled "Aerial Roof Estimation Systems and Methods," share a common specification and relate to systems and methods that allow estimates involving roofs on buildings to be created remotely. The patents teach remotely generating a roof estimate report by analyzing multiple aerial images of a building to determine the area, shape, and slope of the roof. Nearmap US, Inc. petitioned for the IPRs, challenging the validity of"
The Federal Circuit affirmed PTAB final written decisions that claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,670,961 and 8,078,436 were unpatentable as obvious. The patents claim aerial roof estimation systems and methods that generate roof reports by analyzing multiple aerial images to determine roof area, shape, and slope. Nearmap challenged the patents in IPR petitions, citing prior art including works by Littleworth, Linder, and Middlebrook. The PTAB found the challenged claims obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The appeal focused on construction of "calculate a pitch" and "determining a pitch," and the court found no specification evidence requiring a particular accuracy level.
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