Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition (Paper 1, “Pet.”) requesting an inter partes review of claims 1–21 of U.S. Patent No. 10,197,257 B2 (Ex. 1001, “the ’257 patent”).
But flicker boxes are “complex, costly and time consuming” to set up, and the “connection and control of multiple pieces of hardware ... requir[e] a physical wired connection to the ‘hot’ light source desired to be controlled.” Id. at 1:30–35.
At this preliminary stage, we determine whether the information presented shows a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail in establishing that at least one of the challenged claims would have been anticipated by or obvious over the proposed prior art.
Specifically, Petitioner states that Pohlert describes [1] strobing or flashing different groups of light segments 325, 330, 335, 340, 345, 350, 355, and 360 (given the example of FIG. 3B) in a predefined sequence (which may be a pseudo-random
We have reviewed the evidence and argument presented in the Petition and determine, for purposes of this Decision, that Petitioner has shown a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to its contention that the subject matter of claim 1 of the ’257 patent is anticipated by Pohlert.