SharkNinja Reaches Successful Conclusion in iRobot Patent Case

iRobot Removed all Challenged Claims after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Found in Favor of SharkNinja Originally published on businesswire.com On July 13, 2021. NEEDHAM, Mass.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--SharkNinja Operating LLC (SharkNinja), an innovation leader in the consumer floorcare industry, today announced it has successfully challenged the validity of numerous claims of an iRobot Corp. (iRobot) patent related to wet and dry robots for vacuuming and mopping floors. In September 2020, SharkNinja filed a petition for an inter partes review before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) related to various claims of iRobot’s U.S. patent number 7,389,156 titled, “Autonomous Surface Cleaning Robot for Wet and Dry Cleaning.” The petition alleged that several claims of the patent were invalid and should be cancelled. In April 2021, the PTAB instituted SharkNinja’s petition, finding SharkNinja demonstrated at least one of the challenged claims were likely invalid. While ...