How Lumenci went past the client's reference list and charted invalidity and delivered five counterclaim patents.
You file the suit, and the defendant answers with its own patents. Lumenci tested the client's prior art list, searched past it, and charted invalidity against all five counterclaim patents before the contentions deadline.
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Case at a Glance
Domain
Service
Client
representing the plaintiff
Result
Every asserted claim of five counterclaim patents charted for invalidity, ahead of the contentions deadline.
Charting the references you are handed is easy. The job is knowing if they are the best ones.
What most teams do.
What Lumenci did instead.
Tested every reference on the list against each claim element, then searched past the list and found stronger prior art.
Why it mattered.
How It Was Done
Lumenci worked as an extension of the client's litigation team, staffed with engineers experienced in GPS, RF and wearable hardware & in the standards invalidity contentions have to meet.
Checked each reference for whether it alone disclosed every element of an asserted claim.
Ran an independent search across all five patents for single references and combinations (§102 and §103).
Mapped each claim element to its disclosure in the prior art
Added a motivation-to-combine analysis wherever a chart relied on more than one reference.
Used consistent legal terminology so counsel could lift sections straight into briefs.
Delivered additional litigation documents at short notice in the final stage
What Changed for the Client
Where they stood.
Five patents asserted as counterclaims, a fixed contentions deadline, and a reference list of unknown strength
What Lumenci Enabled.
The patent owner faced invalidity contentions charted against every asserted claim, built on stronger prior art than the client started with.
How it ended.
The litigation is ongoing. The client used the charts as delivered and has brought Lumenci more patent analysis work since
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What This Would Look Like for Your Matter
If you have an invalidity contention deadline coming up, send us the asserted patents and any prior art you already have. We will tell you where the current references are weak and what a fresh search should target. We will also tell you what we can deliver before your deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you work from prior art research we have already done?
Yes. In this matter Lumenci reviewed the client's research, then ran its own prior art search and found stronger references.
Can you work to a local patent rules deadline?
Yes. This matter ran on a tight deadline, and the team also turned around additional litigation documents in the final stage.
Why include a motivation-to-combine analysis?
When an invalidity argument combines two or more references, you have to show why a skilled person would have combined them. Since KSR v. Teleflex (2007), that reasoning has to be explicit. Including it up front closes a gap the patent owner would otherwise attack.