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Category Archives: covered business methods
Steady Stream of AIA Post-Issuance Review Petitions Filed in PTAB
It has been a little over one month since post grant patent reviews were authorized by the AIA and the Patent Office Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) shows about 47 petitions on file in the PTAB. Look at it this … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, estoppel, estoppel from administrative proceeding, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, motion practice, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB, reexamination generally, Uncategorized
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, IPR, patent, patent reform, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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PTAB PRPS Trials Portal Gets Software Improvements
The PTAB PRPS Trials Portal just got better. If you login to the system (depending on what browser you are using), you will see that PRPS now provides much better access to all public documents in each case. This upgrade … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, inter partes review, motion practice, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method patent review, inter partes review, IPR, patent reform, PGR, Post Grant Review, PRPS, PTAB, Tim Bianchi, trials
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New Petitions Filed for AIA Inter Partes Reviews and Covered Business-Method Patent Reviews
Based on a today’s count, the PTAB Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) is now showing 34 petitions for patent review. There are 10 pending petitions for covered business-method (CBM) patent review and 24 petitions for inter partes review (IPR). What … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, inter partes review, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method patent review, inter partes review, IPR, patent, patent trial and appeal board, PRPS, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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Parallel Litigation and PTAB Review Create Complex Interplay of Patentability and Validity
A company called CoreLogic Solutions, LLC owns U.S. Patent No. 5,361,201, relating to a process for appraising real estate property. The ‘201 patent was filed on Oct. 19, 1992 and issued on Nov. 1, 1994. Absent some kind of patent term extension, the ‘201 … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, claim challenges, Claim Construction, clear and convincing evidence, covered business methods, indefiniteness, Litigation, motion practice, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PTAB, statutory subject matter
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, burden of proof, CBM, clear and convincing, covered business method, covered business method patent review, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent reform, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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Liberty Mutual Covered Business Method Patent Review Petition Tailored to Address Prior Art “Mischaracterized” During Reexamination
Liberty Mutual Insurance filed two more covered business method (CBM) patent review petitions dated September 29. The petitions both relate to U.S. Pat. No. 7,124,088 owned by Progressive Casualty Insurance, that relates to an on-line insurance policy service system as … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, claim challenges, Claim Construction, correcting reexamination using post-issuance review, covered business methods, inequitable conduct, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Reform, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, reexamination generally
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, claims, correcting reexamination using post issuance review, covered business method, ex parte reexamination, patent reform, PGR, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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More Inter Partes Patent Reviews Filed on the PTAB PRPS
As of 01:00 on September 27, the number of petitions for covered business method (CBM) patent reviews remained at 6, but five more petitions for inter partes reviews (IPRs) were filed, making a total of 17 IPRs. The total number of pending … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, Claim Construction, covered business methods, Damages, estoppel, future damages, inter partes review, intervening rights, Litigation, motion practice, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB, raised or reasonably could have raised
Tagged Bianchi, inter partes review, patent, patent claims, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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Docketing Tip for Post-Issuance Reviews on the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS)
Now that we are in the second week of post-issuance review filings, a number of filings are showing on the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS). To date there are 18 reviews, of which 6 are covered business method (CBM) patent reviews, and … Continue reading
Comparative Study of Post Issuance Review Options
Today I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the Midwest IP Institute on various post-issuance proceedings with Kevin Rhodes, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and President of 3M Innovative Properties Company. A PDF of our joint presentation is found here. The presentation provides … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, Claim Construction, clear and convincing evidence, covered business methods, estoppel, estoppel, estoppel from administrative proceeding, ex parte reexamination, indefiniteness, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, Litigation, motion practice, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, petitions practice, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PTAB, raised or reasonably could have raised, raised or reasonably could have raised, reexamination generally, statutory subject matter, supplemental examination
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, claims, clear and convincing, estoppel, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, IPR, litigation, patent litigation, patent reform, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, SNQ, substantial new question of patentability, Tim Bianchi
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PTAB Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) Update
If you are a registered user of the Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) you may have encountered the same problem I did. When logging in, I can see some matters where the petitions can be viewed, but other matters where … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, inter partes review, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method patent review, inter partes review, IPR, patent reform, Patent Review Processing System, PGR, Post Grant Review, PRPS, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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PTAB PRPS Day Three Filings: 2 IPRs and 1 CBM
The PTAB Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) showed postings of 3 more petitions today. One was an IPR Petitioned by Microsoft against U.S. Pat. 6,757,717, relating to a system for data access in a packet-switched network. Another was Idle Free Systems, … Continue reading