by Cary Miller | Mar 24, 2017 | Pharmaceutical, Prior Art Issues
By Jeff Giering, Ph.D. and Cary Miller, Ph.D. On March 6, 2017, the PTAB issued a pair of final written decisions upholding the patentability of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,932,268 (IPR2015-01836) and 8,618,135 (IPR2015-01835), in challenges filed by the Coalition for...
by Cary Miller | Mar 21, 2017 | Pharmaceutical
By Bing Liang, Ph.D. and Cary Miller, Ph.D. On February 28, 2017, the PTAB held that the petitioner Lupin had not shown that the challenged claims in two of Pozen’s patents were invalid (IPR2015-01773 and IPR2015-01775). These cases show the advantage of using...
by Cary Miller | Mar 8, 2017 | Pharmaceutical, Trial Institution
By Irina Britva, Ph.D and Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. On February 8, 2017, the PTAB denied Fustibal LLC’s (“Fustibal”) petition to institute inter partes review of U.S. Patent 8,637,553 B2 (“the ’553 patent”) owned by Bayer HealthCare LLC (“Bayer”) (IPR2016-01490). The...
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Feb 24, 2017 | Pharmaceutical, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Dominic J. Yee, Ph.D. and J. Patrick Elsevier, Ph.D. On February 3, 2017, the PTAB denied a petition by Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Amneal”) to institute an inter partes review of Hospira Inc.’s patent directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the sedative...
by Cary Miller | Jan 30, 2017 | 325(d) issues, Pharmaceutical, Real Party in Interest
By Kunyong Yang and Cary Miller, Ph.D. On January 19, 2017, the PTAB instituted inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 8,822,438 (“the ’438 patent”) filed by Wockhardt Bio AG (“Wockhardt”) (IPR2016-01582). The ’438 patent is owned by Janssen Oncology, Inc....
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Jan 13, 2017 | Amendment Practice, Pharmaceutical
By J. Jason Williams and J. Patrick Elsevier, Ph.D. On January 4, 2017, in a final written decision in IPR2015-01490, the PTAB found 17 claims of a patent directed to methods of treating iron disorders by administering certain iron carbohydrate complexes were...
