Tigo: USPTO rules in favor of Tigo on 2 petitions previously filed by SMA Solar

Tigo Energy announced that in a patent infringement case filed by Tigo against SMA Solar Technology America the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office USPTO has ruled in favor of Tigo on two petitions previously filed by SMA Solar. In the failed IPR petitions, SMA Solar sought a ruling from the USPTO to invalidate Tigo U.S. Patents Nos. 9,966,848 and 10,333,405 . Tigo continues to defend the Company’s intellectual property as part of an infringement complaint brought by Tigo against SMA Solar, which remains pending in the District of Delaware under case number 22-915-GBW. In the pending patent infringement lawsuit, Tigo alleges infringement by SMA Solar on Tigo innovations in power supplies for module-level power electronics, MLPE , including those used in the Tigo TS4 product line. On January 12 and January 22, the USPTO denied the SMA petitions for IPRs related to the ‘405 and ‘848 patents. The complaint is focused on various systems and methods used in module-level power electronics that are attached to photovoltaic PV panels…”The ability to protect and defend intellectual property is central to protecting the investments companies make in R&D and to maintaining the spirit of innovation that makes nations competitive,” said Zvi Alon, CEO at Tigo Energy. “This decision by the USPTO is positive reinforcement of the validity of the pending case before the jurists, and Tigo is confident in its ability to protect the intellectual property that underpins our world-class technology.”