ParkerVision Petition For Panel Rehearing Denied - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - ParkerVision, Inc. (PRKR) Monday said the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or CAFC denied its petition for a panel rehearing of the CAFC's non-infringement decision in ParkerVision v. Qualcomm.

ParkerVision's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Parker, commented, "We believe our petition brief clearly conveyed the simple fact that Qualcomm's 25% duty cycle products would be inoperable if they worked in the way Qualcomm represented. Although rehearing petitions are not frequently granted, we were hopeful that the technical misunderstandings in this case would provide sufficient basis for the panel to revisit its decision.

As the CAFC denied ParkerVision's petition, Qualcomm's representations will follow them into other court actions.

ParkerVision said it looks forward to showing that Qualcomm's sampling downconverters are based on ParkerVision's energy transfer sampling technology, and that contrary to Qualcomm's representation, they cannot make a baseband signal that is usable in a cell phone without the use of energy storage devices.

Parker said the company is currently evaluating what next steps are available for ParkerVision to pursue in this specific case.