by Dennis Crouch iRobot Corp. v. USITC (Fed. Cir. 2019) Back in 2017 iRobot (maker of the Roomba) complained to the USITC about infringing autonomous vacuums being imported into the US. The patentee won on some grounds, but lost on others. This appeal focuses on iRobot’s U.S. Patent 9,486,924 which allows for scheduling of the…

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