by Kenneth Luchesi | Mar 13, 2024 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Owen Carpenter and Kenny Luchesi – The PTAB recently denied Intel’s (Petitioner) parallel IPR petition (IPR2023-01140) against AX Wireless (Patent Owner) challenging certain claims of U.S. Pat. No. 10,917,272. The denial came after Intel filed a separate...
by Kenneth Luchesi | Aug 28, 2023 | PTAB News, Standing, Trial Institution
By Nick Bagnolo and Kenny Luchesi – The Senate recently introduced a bill directed to substantially narrowing the scope of post grant proceedings, including Inter Partes Reviews (“IPRs”), before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). First introduced by a...
by Kenneth Luchesi | Feb 21, 2020 | PTAB News
By Kenny Luchesi – On remand from the Federal Circuit, the PTAB ruled that a patentee’s certificate of correction—issued after the Board invalidated the claims in a final written decision—could not be applied retroactively. After the IPR petition was filed, the...
by Kenneth Luchesi | Oct 10, 2019 | Federal Circuit
By Kenny Luchesi In Henny Penny Corp. v. Frymaster L.L.C., No. IPR2016-01435, (P.T.A.B. Mar. 16, 2017), the petitioner (HPC) challenged certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,497,691, owned by HPC’s competitor, Frymaster. The ’691 patent relates to deep fryers, and is...
by Kenneth Luchesi | Jun 17, 2019 | Evidentiary Issues, Trial Institution
By Kenny Luchesi The Board has broad discretion to determine how much weight should be given to inventor testimony, but as long as the testimony does not relate to the inventor’s opinion about the meaning of a claim term, there is no basis for broadly excluding all...
