On November 12, 2018, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, (“Petitioner”) filed six petitions (see, e.g., IPR2019-00285, Paper 2), each requesting inter partes review of claims 1–20 of U.S. Patent No. 9,587,363 (see, e.g., IPR2019-00285, Ex. 1101, “the ’363 Patent”).
Institution of an inter partes review is authorized by statute when “the information presented in the petition ... and any response ... shows that there is a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail with respect to at least 1 of the claims challenged in the petition.” 35 U.S.C. § 314(a).
For the reasons given below, upon consideration of the Petitions, the Preliminary Responses, and the supporting evidence, we exercise our discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314 and deny institution of an inter partes review.
We determine that the integrity of the system is sufficiently served here by our institution of inter partes review of all challenged claims of the ’363 patent in IPR2019-00284.
For the foregoing reasons, based on a balanced assessment of the circumstances of this case, we exercise our discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314, and deny the instant Petitions requesting institution of inter partes review of the ’363 Patent in IPR2019-00285 to -00289.