Exemplary Validity Analysis of Richman Tech Corp

Patent-in-suit
US 8,981,933
 ontent
About the Litigation The Patented Technology

The Plaintiff The invention relates to a security system that comprises one or more sensor devices

Plaintiff Richman Technology configured to detect conditions at one or more sites; one or more checkpoints at

Corporation is a Non Practicing Entity each of said one or more sites configured to receive signals from the one or more

organized and existing under the laws of sensor devices; and a central headquarters processor configured to receive signals

Delaware that maintains its principal indicative of the conditions detected at said one or more sites from the one or more

place of business at 7840 Mission Center checkpoints. The central headquarters processor is configured to process the signals

Court, #106, San Diego, California 92108 to determine if an event has occurred.
During prosecution of the patented technology, Naidoo (US 8.520,086), Hawkins
(US20020024443) and Monroe (US 6,545,601) were found related to the claimed
invention. However, Richman Tech stated that it is requirement in each and every
PATENTS-IN-SUIT
claim that the processing of the sensor data (to determine whether an event has
occurred) is performed by the central headquarters processor and Naidoo, Hawkins
US 8,350,698 B2
and Monroe fails to disclose the same.
US 8,981,933 B2 As part of our regular due-diligence and exemplary studies, we took this sample case
and have performed a brief validity search, and were hoping of sharing the finding(s)
US 9,449,484 B2
which we hope would add some value.

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Analysis of a Potential Prior Art - US20020052719A1

US 8,981,933 -A patent-in-suit

1. A security system, comprising:

a checkpoint configured to receive

signals transmitted from a plurality
of sensor devices configured to
detect conditions at a site, wherein
the checkpoint comprises a
checkpoint data processing
subsystem configured to monitor
the signals from the plurality of
sensor devices; and

a headquarters processor
configured to receive the signals
from the checkpoint and to process
the signals to determine if an event
has occurred.

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Image based analysis of Potential Prior Art

US 8,981,933 -A patent-in-suit US20020052719A1 -A Potential Prior Art

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