by Matthew Johnson | Dec 9, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Alex Li and Matt Johnson During an inter partes review (IPR), it is usually the Petitioner that raises grounds of unpatentability against a Motion to Amend that the Patent Owner must defend in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Is the PTAB allowed...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 30, 2019 | Amendment Practice, PTAB News
By Phillip S. Beck and Christian Platt On October 21, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) provided a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) concerning their rules of practice in allocating burdens...
by Albert Liou | Oct 15, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Albert Liou The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held a Boardside Chat on October 10, 2019, discussing the various recent changes made to PTAB procedures. The panel discussion featured Chief Judge Scott Boalick, Deputy Chief Judge Jackie Bonilla, Vice Chief Judge Tim...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 25, 2019 | Amendment Practice, Discovery, Joinder, Motions Practice, PTAB News
By Catharina Chin Eng and Matt Johnson Our prior post on the PTAB’s second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG), published July 15, 2019, highlighted the additional guidance provided for petitions, patent owner preliminary responses and claim construction. ...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 23, 2019 | Amendment Practice, Claim Construction, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Catharina Chin Eng and Matt Johnson On July 15, 2019, the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) published a second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG) (“2nd Update”), providing additional guidance for trial practice before the Board. The original...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 13, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Levent Herguner and Matt Johnson In a rare successful motion to amend, the PTAB found certain claims of a pipeline monitoring system patentable, and allowed substitution of amended claims for others deemed unpatentable. See Syrinix Inc. v. Blacoh Fluid Control...
