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Tag Archives: America Invents Act
Patent Due Diligence and Evaluation After the AIA
Many factors must be considered for due diligence and valuation of a patent portfolio. The patent owner’s desire to have broad claims that capture a large number of infringements must be tempered against its need for claims that will not … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Portfolio Management, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, Prosecution Guidelines, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged AIA, America Invents Act, Bianchi, CBM, IPR, patent due diligence, patent guidelines, Patent Infringement, patent litigation, patent prosecution, patent trial and appeal board, Patent Validity, PGR, post-grant proceedings, prior art, prior art search, prosecution guidelines, PTAB, Timothy Bianchi
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4 Tips to Make Your Patent Portfolio AIA-Ready
The America Invents Act (AIA) has changed the way that patents are enforced. In traditional patent litigation, a patent was drafted to perform in district court. After the AIA, when patents are asserted, they are first challenged in administrative proceedings … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, inter partes review, Litigation, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged AIA, America Invents Act, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method patent review, inter partes review, IPR, litigation, patent litigation, patent portfolio, patent prosecution, patent reexamination, Patent Stay, PGR, post-grant review, prosecution guidelines, PTAB, reexamination
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PTO, PTAB and AIA History in the Making Today, September 16, 2012
Today the PTO received its first petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business method patent review (CBM) pursuant to the America Invents Act (AIA). We are in a kind of second phase of implementation of the AIA that … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, inter partes review, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexamination generally, Uncategorized
Tagged AIA, America Invents Act, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, IPR, issued patent, patent, patent reform, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi, trial
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Patent Challengers get additional Preissuance Challenge Option after Leahy-Smith Bill Passes
Pre-Issuance Challenge Option Added Section 8 of the Act provides for additional pre-issuance submissions by third parties by amending 35 U.S.C. 122. Written submission of the relevance of a patent application, patent, published patent application, or other printed publication must … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Ex Parte Prosecution, ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, preissuance submissions by third parties, reexamination generally, Uncategorized
Tagged 35 USC 122, America Invents Act, Bianchi, ex parte prosecution, ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, issued patent, Leahy-Smith, patent reform, Preissuance Submission, reexam, reexamination, SNQ, substantial new question of patentability, Tim Bianchi
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Post-Grant Review and Estoppel in the Current Patent Reform Bill
When the Senate returns from recess next month it will be debating patent reform, and in particular the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. A copy of the redlined version passed by the House is found here. (thanks to Brad Pedersen of Patterson Thuente Christensen … Continue reading
Posted in estoppel, ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, Litigation, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexamination generally
Tagged America Invents Act, Bianchi, estoppel, ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, Leahy-Smith, patent reform, post-grant review, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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