Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Allison Dobson, Nicki Kennedy, and Troy Petersen recently presented “PTAB Update: Recent Developments in IPR and PGR Practice” at the firm’s Kilpatrick Townsend Intellectual Property Seminar...more
Under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has the discretion to deny a follow-on inter partes review petition where multiple petitions are filed against the same patent. In exercising its discretion, the...more
Successful motions to amend in AIA trials continue to be rare. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board conducted and published a Motion to Amend Study this year: as of April 30, 2016, the Board had completed 1539 trials; 192 of...more
The United States Patent & Trademark Office published new analyses along with its most recent update of AIA Trial Statistics. The update includes data through end of March 2016 and shows “Percent of Petitions Instituted by...more
The non-invasive prenatal testing field has been an active area for patent challenges. Ariosa has challenged patents held by competitors Sequenom and Verinata. The latter is patent owner in two IPR proceedings challenging...more