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Qualcomm, Inc. v. Intel Corp., et al.,
Nos. 2020-1589, -1590, -1591, -1592, -1593, -1594 (Fed. Cir. (PTAB)
July 27, 2021). Opinion by Moore, joined by Reyna and Stoll.
Qualcomm owns a patent directed to techniques for generating a
power tracking supply voltage for a circuit that processes multiple
radio frequency signals simultaneously. Intel filed six IPR
petitions asserting that certain claims were invalid as
obvious.
During the IPRs, the parties proposed competing claim
constructions, both of which recited that the signals increase or
extend bandwidth for a user. The parties never disputed that the
signals were required to increase user bandwidth. At the oral
hearing, one judge asked one question about the increased bandwidth
requirement, directed only
