2023 was a busy year at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as post-grant practice continued to evolve at a rapid pace. At the United States Patent and Trademark Office, there were big developments in Director Review and...more
1/19/2024
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Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Estoppel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Parallel Claims ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
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Patents ,
Petitioner Reply Briefs ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Prior Art ,
Proposed Guidance ,
USPTO
Experts play a key role in patent litigation as they explain complex technical issues including infringement, validity, and damages to judges and juries. The persuasiveness of their testimony can often mean the difference...more
2022 was a milestone year for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In April, Kathi Vidal began her tenure as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office with an early focus on promoting increased efficiency at the...more
In a year of extraordinary change, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rose to the challenge - Given the challenges of 2020 – a global pandemic, a deep economic recession, and a turbulent presidential election, among...more
3/8/2021
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Biologics ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
USPTO
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) remains the forum of choice for challenging the validity of patent claims. However, it is notable that a comparison of 2019 and 2018 statistics reveals about a 30 percent decline in...more