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USPTO Launches Task Force to Combat Patent Fraud and Protect the Patent System

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced the creation of the Patent Fraud Detection and Mitigation Working Group. The working group is designed to identify and address threats to the patent system as...more

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Sterne Kessler’s Reissue, Reexamination, and Supplemental Examination Practice Tips – February 2025

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In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners. As a result, the...more

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Clarification of New Fees Applicable to Reexaminations and Reissues

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Takeaways - - Requestor submissions in reexamination proceedings are exempt from triggering IDS size fees. - Correcting filing benefit claims in reissue triggers the new continuing application fee. As we noted in our...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

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[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

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Patent Owner Tip #17 for Surviving an Instituted IPR: Alternatives to Motions to Amend in IPR Proceedings

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After an inter partes review (“IPR”) is instituted, a patent owner may move to amend challenged claims to overcome the prior art. However, there are also alternative paths to amending claims over the prior art even after an...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions

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[co-author: Kathleen Wills] Last year, the global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for American courts. By making several changes, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was able to...more

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Don't Touch That Priority Claim!

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In Natural Alternatives Intl. Inc. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that the patent at issue was not entitled to its earliest claimed priority date because...more

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Federal Circuit Criticizes PTAB Reliance On Routine Testing

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In Honeywell International, Inc. v. Mexichem Amanco Holdings S.A. DE C.V., the Federal Circuit vacated the decision of the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board that invalidated Honeywell’s patent in an inter partes...more

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MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 11, Issue 4 (Fall 2013): Inter Partes Review and Inter...

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On September 16, 2012, Inter Partes Review (IPR) replaced Inter Partes Reexamination (IPX) as an avenue for third party patentability challenges in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Arising from the 2011...more

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