Netlist Reports PTAB's Decision To Uphold Validity Of '537 Patent

(RTTNews) - Netlist Inc. (NLST) announced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, or PTAB, of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a decision upholding the validity of all 60 claims in the reexamination of U.S. Pat. No. 7,532,537 brought by Inphi Corp. (IPHI)

In its decision on January 16, 2014, the PTAB dismissed every single validity challenge raised by Inphi and affirmed the Examiner's decision to allow the claims. These claims are directed to fundamental concepts of load reduction and rank multiplication which are integral to the design of LRDIMMs. The '537 Patent is also the subject of litigation between Netlist and Inphi in the Central District of California, which has been stayed pending the outcome of the reexamination.

"The PTAB's decision to uphold the validity of the '537 Patent after three years of reexamination is a significant victory for Netlist and a major milestone in the build-out of our industry-leading patent portfolio for high performance server memory," said Netlist President and CEO, C.K. Hong.