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3 September 2019PatentsSaman Javed

PTAB hands win to Snapchat in private messaging inter partes review

In a victory for Snapchat, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has determined several claims of a business messaging platform’s patent are unpatentable.

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