by Carl Kukkonen | Jun 17, 2022 | Other News, PTAB News
By Christopher Dorsett,* Stephanie Mishaga, and Carl Kukkonen – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently reversed obviousness rejections based on an Applicant demonstrating commercial success of an infant spoon, in Ex Parte Doug Gonterman and Jessica...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 17, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson – On June 16, Senators Leahy, Cornyn, and Tillis introduced the PTAB Reform Act of 2022. The full text of the bill is available here. And a section-by-section recap is accessible here. Senator Leahy said: “I’m proud to continue the work of...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 10, 2022 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB News, Request for Reconsideration
By Ben Baek,* Mike Lavine, and Matt Johnson – In a previous post from July 2021, we discussed the interim process for Director review in PTAB proceedings post-Arthrex. Since then, only three out of over 175 requests for Director review of a Final Written...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 7, 2022 | PTAB News
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – On May 26, 2022, the Patent Office issued its “Interim Process for PTAB Decision Circulation And Internal PTAB Review”. The Office issued the Process to explain its new procedures for circulating pre-issuance decisions, which...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 3, 2022 | Claim Construction, District Court, PTAB News
By Anthony Bautista and Matt Johnson – In XR Communications, LLC v. D-Link Systems, Inc. Et. Al., a judge in the Central District of California found that certain asserted claims claiming to wireless communication technology were barred by the doctrine of...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 2, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – F5 Networks, Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition requesting an IPR. WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a/ Brazos Licensing and Development (“Patent Owner”) filed a Preliminary Response. Here, the PTAB exercised its discretion under...
