patents
What is the status of this patent?
<p>Recently I received a warning from someone who seller that says I am infringing on their utility patent.</p>

<p>While looking up their patent, I am seeing different information about the status.</p>

<p>1) Source 1: Google Patents</p>

<p>Google Patents says the latest status is: 2019-08-12 Application status is Active.</p>

<p>2) Source 2: USPTO <a href="https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair</a></p>

<p>It says Status:    Application Involved in Court Proceedings. Also, when I click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab, the latest update on 04-08-2019 shows that the patent was dismissed by the court</p>

<p>So is the patent rejected or accepted?</p>

<p>That is <em>not at all</em> what USPTO is telling you. Courts do not simply "dismiss" patents - that isn't a terminology you'd ever see used for a patent that was found to be invalid.</p>

<p>Timeline of events:</p>

<ul>
<li>United Industries Corporation brought a suit against the owner of the patent, claiming unpatentability.</li>
<li>That case went to trial, and the court found the claim to be invalid and that UIC failed to show unpatentability.</li>
<li>UIC appealed that decision to the Court of Appeals.</li>
<li>The Court of Appeals dismissed the case because both parties agreed to its dismissal (it's possible they reached some external agreement we don't know about).</li>
</ul>

<p>As far as I can tell, at this moment, the patent is active.</p>
