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America Invents Act: Post-Grant Procedures for Patent Challengers

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Tim Bianchi

Now that the America Invents Act has become law there are several new provisions for patent challengers to consider. For example, the Act includes: preissuance submissions by third party challengers (Sec. 8 — see the last post); Post-Grant Review (Sec. … Continue reading →

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Patent Challengers get additional Preissuance Challenge Option after Leahy-Smith Bill Passes

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Tim Bianchi

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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Strategic Use of Reexamination in view of the Patent Reform Bill

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Tim Bianchi

Last week I had the privilege of speaking on reexamination at the AIPLA Electronics and Computer Law Summit. The title of my speech was “Strategic Use of Reexam after Patent Reform – Post-Grant Review and Inter Partes Review.” The powerpoint presentation materials can be found here. The … Continue reading →

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Estoppel in Post-Grant Review (cont’d)

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Tim Bianchi

In the previous post we discussed some aspects of post-grant review (PGR) in the current bill before the Senate. The grounds available for petition in PGR are more comprehensive than those available for traditional reexamination and and also for the … Continue reading →

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Post-Grant Review and Estoppel in the Current Patent Reform Bill

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Tim Bianchi

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 →

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Patent Law Reform or Just Patent Law Change???

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Tim Bianchi

There is a lot of talk about the various patent reform bills that have been proposed as of late, like S.23. Phrases like “patent reform” sound great, but are these proposed bills patent law reform or merely patent law change? If you … Continue reading →

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