[News] Innoscience Claims ITC Ruling Victory, Confirms No Infringement for Current GaN Devices, U.S. Shipments Uninterrupted

In terms of the patent dispute with German chipmaker Infineon, Innoscience, in a May 8 press release, announced that the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a Final Determination in Investigation No. 337‑TA‑1414 confirming that Innoscience’s current gallium nitride (“GaN”) power devices do not infringe Infineon’s patents and may continue to be imported and sold in the United States without restriction.

According to Innoscience, the Full Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s finding of no violation of U.S. Patent No. 9,070,755 and confirmed that Innoscience’s redesigned products—now embodied in its current commercial offerings—fall outside the scope of U.S. Patent No. 9,899,481. The Commission also invalidated four additional claims of the ’481 patent.

Innocience adds that only two claims of the ’481 patent were found valid and infringed, and only with respect to legacy products that are no longer manufactured or sold. As a result, the associated import ban has no practical impact on Innoscience’s U.S. business. Innoscience will continue supplying its existing GaN power products to U.S. and worldwide customers uninterrupted.

Innoscience has also successfully pervaded the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to initiate review of the remaining two claims and is confident they will likewise be invalidated.

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