ALJ Charneski Issues Initial Determination in Machine Vision Investigation In Favor Of Respondents
ALJ Charneski has issued an initial determination in Inv. No. 337-TA-680, Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, And Products Containing Same, in favor of the respondents. In a notice of the initial determination, issued July 16, the ALJ found that no accused product infringed the two patents at issue in the case, U.S. Patent Nos. 7,016,539 and 7,065,262. The ALJ further found that claims 1, 12, 13, 28 and 29 of the '262 patent were anticipated by the prior art, and that all of the asserted claims in both patents were invalid under 35 U.S.C. Section 101. A public version of the initial determination should be available within the next few days.
