Assa Abloy biometric access card patent appeal defeated by CPC

A global access control giant has lost its challenge to 17 biometric card security patents in the United States.

Sweden-based Assa Abloy and a group of others did not impress the Patent Trial and Appeal Board when arguing that the patents in question, owned by CPC Patent Technologies, were obvious developments based on previous certifications.

(Australia firm CPC is commonly regarded as a patent troll, but Assa Abloy can throw an elbow in patent matters, too.)

In this case, CPC …

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