A post grant review (PGR) is an administrative reconsideration of a recent-granted U.S. patent. The proceeding is held in the USPTO, before that body's Patent Trial and Appeal Board. A petition for PGR is timely if it is...more
8/19/2016
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101
Since late last year, the main theme of many 35 U.S.C. § 101 disputes has been whether claims under review are more like those in Ultramercial Inc. v. Hulu LLC or DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com. In the former case, the...more
In its first substantive application of Alice v. CLS Bank in 2015, the Federal Circuit has once again shot down claims for not meeting the patent-eligibility requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 101.
In 2012, OIP sued Amazon in...more
On May 5, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Office”) kicked off a new program intended to give applicants and examiners an opportunity to discuss the substance of a patent application before a formal,...more