The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today, Octoer 10, 2018, that it is issuing a final rule that will change the claim construction standard applied during many inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review...more
September 16, 2016, marked the fourth anniversary of the effective date for the invalidity proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) created by the America Invents Act (AIA). These new AIA...more
Supplemental Examination: Potential Benefits vs. Guaranteed Risks -
The America Invents Act of 2011 introduced supplemental examination of patents as a post-grant process intended to limit expensive and unpredictable...more
9/16/2016
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Pre-AIA and Post-AIA Issues Presented by the On-Sale Bar -
The “on-sale” bar to patentability refers to a sale or offer for sale of an invention that can invalidate the patent for that invention. The...more
6/7/2016
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