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Tag Archives: reexam
Ex parte Yasukochi BPAI Decision on Appeal 2/22/2011
On June 25, 2010, the Patent Office clarified its procedure for seeking review of a finding of a substantial new question of patentability in ex parte reexamination proceedings. See Federal Register Notice v75 pp. 36357-8 (6-25-10) at this link: (Fed Reg v 75 … Continue reading
The Effect of Amendment in Reexam on Past Damages
Generally speaking, patent claims that are confirmed in reexamination without substantive changes retain all of the damages they would have obtained as if there was no reexam. [Note that there are always exceptional situations. For example, there are patent cases where a … Continue reading
Posted in Damages, reexamination generally
Tagged Bianchi, claims, intervening rights, narrowing, patent litigation, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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Patent Prosecution in View of Reexamination
In my last post I introduced reexamination briefly. Once you understand that patent claims can be cancelled in a reexamination, it begs the question of how patent applications and claims can be drafted to survive reexamination. I have both good news and bad news. THE BAD NEWS … Continue reading
Introduction: Why all of the interest in reexamination?
How many times have you heard: “They got a patent on that! There’s nothing new about that. It’s been out there for years!”? For those versed in patent matters, that is not a surprising reaction to certain issued patents. The patent issuance procedure in … Continue reading