The retired Georgia Tech professor who says he patented the idea of ride-sharing-by-cellphone 19 years ago got a mixed bag of news from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board last week.

The PTAB declined to review the validity of Stephen Dickerson’s patent in a challenge filed by Unified Patents. That means RideApp will probably get its day in court against Lyft in San Francisco and against Uber Technologies in Georgia.

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