Salesforce, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00476 on September 24, 2026. The petition opens another closely watched PTAB dispute for technology and software-focused patent practitioners, particularly those tracking how enterprise software companies are using the Board to challenge issued patents that may affect core platform, customer relationship management, or cloud-based business tools.

At this stage, the public docket identifies the proceeding under the title Salesforce, Inc., but practitioners will want to monitor the record for the challenged patent number, the patent owner’s identity, and the specific prior-art combinations asserted in the petition as those details become available through the docket.

Salesforce, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00477 on September 24, 2026. Although the public docket caption identifies the petitioner as Salesforce, the filing is notable for what it may reveal about the company’s broader patent defense strategy and the kinds of prior-art arguments now being tested at the PTAB.

At this stage, the basic procedural posture is clear: Salesforce is asking the Board to review the validity of an issued U.S. patent through the IPR process, which allows petitioners to challenge patent claims on anticipation and obviousness grounds based on patents and printed publications.