by Carl Kukkonen | Oct 5, 2018 | Prior Art Issues
By Phil Shelton and Carl Kukkonen On September 13, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that the claims in U.S. Patent 8,714,977 (the ‘977 patent) are unpatentable as being...
by Carl Kukkonen | Aug 22, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues
By: Amanda Leckman and Carl Kukkonen A party to an inter partes review may submit supplemental information within one month of institution if the party can show that the supplemental information is “relevant to a claim for which the trial has been instituted.” 37...
by Carl Kukkonen | Jun 21, 2018 | PTAB News
By: Carl A. Kukkonen and Matt Johnson Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted the annual meeting of the heads of the world’s five largest intellectual property offices, commonly referred to as the IP5 (see a related press release). In...
by Carl Kukkonen | May 14, 2018 | Motions Practice, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Stephanie Brooker and Carl Kukkonen The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) recently denied a Motion to Dismiss asserting the presence of a conflict of interest of USPTO Director Andrei Iancu. In St. Jude Medical, LLC. v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC, the Patent...
by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 21, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues, Other News, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Jeffrey Wu and Carl Kukkonen Publicly Accessible In Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, the PTAB provided new guidance to practitioners regarding the eligibility of conference papers as printed publications for use as prior art...
