In Re Blaze Mobile, Inc. — Fed. Cir. (Nov 9, 2026)

No. 25-1485 Argued November 9, 2026 Published November 10, 2026

The Federal Circuit hears Blaze Mobile’s appeals over two patents for processing payments through a phone. The disputed claims divide the work among a phone app, a remote management server that authenticates the user, and a transaction server that processes the payment. After reexamining the patents, the Patent Office rejected their claims, and Blaze appealed. One distinction to keep in mind is checking a user’s identity versus approving a purchase: can the same PIN do both jobs under these claims? The argument also concerns which server must perform each function, and whether combining earlier technologies would supply the claimed arrangement.

In Re Blaze Mobile, Inc. (No. 25-1485) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, argued November 9, 2026.

Sources

Argument audio — official Federal Circuit recording for consolidated appeals 25-1484 and 25-1485; the 25-1485 recording reviewed here; complete argument with gentle volume balancing, no noise filtering or speech reconstruction:https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-arguments/25-1485_11092026.mp3

Related litigation history — N.D. Cal. Document 170, September 9, 2025; not the PTAB decision under review:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-5_21-cv-02989/pdf/USCOURTS-cand-5_21-cv-02989-5.pdf

Official patent-history cross-check — USPTO Official Gazette, two entries for the patents:https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2023/week04/TOC.htm

Original issued patent text — U.S. Patent 10,699,259 B2; invention and claim language, not the reexamination decision:https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/29/83/e3/cc4f1654d696f3/US10699259.pdf

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