This issue of The PTAB Review begins with a brief update about the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Guidelines for when institution of an America Invents Act (AIA) trial (e.g., inter partes review or post-grant review)...more
The firm's post-grant practice is pleased to present its 2020 PTAB Year in Review. The publication begins with a review of 2020 petition filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and takes a closer look at the...more
The America Invents Act (AIA) authorizes the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to cancel patent claims that never should have been issued but prohibits the PTAB from acting on petitions for review brought more than one...more
4/23/2020
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Dissenting Opinions ,
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Judicial Review ,
Non-Appealable Decisions ,
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Thryv Inc v Click-To-Call Technologies LP ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
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AIA Institution Rates Following Supreme Court’s
SAS Decision -
On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu, holding that when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institutes an...more
Orange Book-Listed Patents Prove to Be Popular Targets for AIA Challenges -
On March 13, 2018, Chief Administrative Patent Judge Ruschke of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) released findings of the Patent Office’s...more
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions that will keep the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) busier than ever. In Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC,1 the Court affirmed that inter...more
4/25/2018
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Article III ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
SCOTUS ,
Seventh Amendment ,
USPTO
Judicial review of post-grant patent proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is limited, but a federal court of appeals has somewhat loosened the restriction. On January 8, 2018, in Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom...more
1/11/2018
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America Invents Act ,
Appeals ,
Broadcom ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee ,
En Banc Review ,
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Non-Appealable Decisions ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
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On June 20, 2016, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee. The Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider two questions....more
Post-Grant Review Proceeding Filings Ramp Up In addition to inter partes review (IPR) and covered business method (CBM) review proceedings, the America Invents Act (AIA) provides for post-grant review (PGR) proceedings. PGR...more
6/10/2016
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Discovery ,
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Motion to Amend ,
Patent Litigation ,
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Post-Grant Review ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Real Party in Interest ,
Rules of Practice ,
USPTO
On April 1, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued another round of amendments to the rules governing Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial proceedings under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA)....more
On March 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) places constraints on when petitioners may present evidence and arguments against the patentability of...more
On August 19, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced another set of proposed changes to the rules governing Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial proceedings under the America Invents Act (AIA)....more
8/26/2015
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America Invents Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
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Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Rule 11 ,
USPTO
On July 8, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, split 6-5, denied rehearing of its earlier decision, In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, 778 F.3d 1271 (Fed. Cir. 2015), in which the court upheld the use...more
On March 27, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the first of three upcoming "rule packages" that will clarify and modify rules for proceedings under the America Invents Act (AIA). In a blog post on...more
On February 4, 2015, the Federal Circuit issued its first opinion in an appeal from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a proceeding under the America Invents Act (AIA). In In re Cuozzo...more