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Federal Circuit’s Aqua Products Decision Clarifies Burden on IPR Petitioner to Challenge Amended Claims

On October 4, 2017, the Federal Circuit issued a lengthy decision in Aqua Products v. Matal, spanning five opinions and 148 pages, which addressed the proper allocation of the burden of proof when amended claims are offered during inter partes review proceedings (“IPRs”).  Aqua Prods. v. … Continue reading

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USPTO to Host AIA Second Anniversary Forum on Sept. 16

The USPTO will host an AIA Second Anniversary Forum on September 16, 2013, at the USPTO’s Alexandria campus in the Madison Auditorium from 1 to 5 pm, and also via webcast.  Here is the USPTO announcement: At the Forum, USPTO … Continue reading

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Patent Office Guidance for Examiners in wake of CLS Bank Decision: No Change for Now

On May 13, 2013, the Patent Office issued a memo to USPTO examiners after the CLS Bank et al. v. Alice Corp. Federal Circuit en banc decision of last week.  The memo instructs examiners to maintain existing examination procedure for … Continue reading

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Prosecution Bars and PTAB Practice

In an earlier post we explored many ways that reexamination differs from post-grant review, inter partes review, and covered business method review. The PTAB has been very clear that reexamination and AIA patent trials are very different.  For example, in … Continue reading

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Patent Challenger Seeks PTAB Jurisdiction over “Involved” Pending Applications

The AIA provides new post-issuance proceedings to challenge issued patents.  But can these challenges be used to stop related pending patent prosecution dead in its tracks?  One recent inter partes review petition requests just that and time will tell whether … Continue reading

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Therasense on Remand: Inequitable Conduct Deja Vu?

In 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc reheard the thorny issues of inequitable conduct and announced new intent and materiality standards.  Therasense, Inc v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 649 F.3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2011).  The majority held that … Continue reading

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Do You Want That Post-Grant Review Super-Sized? – Part III

This is the third post in a series of articles on PGR strategies.  In Part I, I made the point that while patents come in all shapes and sizes, post-grant reviews (PGRs) basically come in two sizes.  By statute, the … Continue reading

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Do You Want That Post-Grant Review Super-Sized? – Part II

This is the second post in a series of articles on PGR strategies.  In my last post I made the point that while patents come in all shapes and sizes, post-grant reviews (PGRs) don’t.  PGRs are very different from ex … Continue reading

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New, More Popular Post-Grant Patent Challenges Drive Patent Generation Strategy

Patent Generation and Enforcement Before the Popularity of Post-Grant Proceedings Patent Owners adopt different approaches for drafting patent applications.  For large companies a patent production line approach is frequently adopted which limits the cost and the commensurate drafting efforts on any particular … Continue reading

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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

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