by Matthew Johnson | Jan 2, 2024 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Sabrina Bellantoni and Matt Johnson – In a recent decision, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board found that the disputed claims regarding transferring digital content were not unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) after determining that the prior art cited by...
by Sarah Geers | Dec 28, 2023 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, Request for Reconsideration
By Luke Cipolla, Daniel Sloan, Robert Breetz, Sarah Geers, and Matt Johnson – USPTO Director Kathi Vidal recently designated precedential section II.E.3 of Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse, Inc. and clarified that the priority analysis for an AIA reference patent as...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 22, 2023 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – In IPR2023-01058, the PTAB declined to institute IPR, finding that Patent Owner had disclaimed all challenged claims under 35 U.S.C. § 243(a), in compliance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.321(a), such that there was no basis on which to...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 12, 2023 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Pranita Dhungana and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently denied IPR institution in Sophos v. Open Text because the petitioner failed to show a reasonable likelihood that the asserted reference was, in fact, prior art. IPR2023-00732, Paper 23 (November 2, 2023)....
by Evan McLean | Nov 29, 2023 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Evan Jones and Evan McLean – On September 21, 2023, the PTAB denied United Services Automobile Association’s petition to institute inter partes review of Auto Telematics’s U.S. Patent No. 9,633,487. IPR2023-00519, Paper 10. The ’487 patent relates generally...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 20, 2023 | Final Written Decisions, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – At the Inter Partes review trial, Patent Owner attempted to swear behind Petitioner’s primary prior art reference by showing that the inventors of the asserted patents had conceived of the invention before the priority date of...