by Matthew Johnson | Oct 14, 2016 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson (profile) On September 21st, Director Michelle Lee made comments regarding the America Invents Act five years on at an anniversary event at the Rayburn Building. Regarding PTAB trials, Director Lee stated: The AIA also created a new Patent Trial and...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 13, 2016 | Final Written Decisions, Petitions, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson (profile) The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has released AIA trial filing and disposition numbers for August 2016. Filings remained near the 150 mark, with 143 total trials being requested in August, 136 of those being requests for Inter Partes Review....
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 14, 2016 | Estoppel, Time Limits
On January 12, 2016, the PTAB identified two of its recent decisions as being precedential. These two decisions are in line with prior panel decisions and solidify the Board’s policy with regard to aspects of the one year IPR bar and the application of estoppels...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 7, 2016 | Real Party in Interest
Elekta, Inc. v. Varian Medical Systems, Inc., IPR2015-01401, Institution Decision, December 31, 2015. On New Year’s Eve, the PTAB opted to permit petitioner Elekta to adjust the real parties in interest identified in its Petition without adjusting the filing...
