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...
by Matthew Johnson | May 27, 2022 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Jareli Reynoso Gutierrez and Matt Johnson – On March 3, 2022, Andrew Hirshfeld, the Commissioner for Patents and acting Director of the USPTO, issued the third post-Arthrex grant of Director Review for two separate Final Written Decisions issued by the PTAB...
by Matthew Johnson | May 13, 2022 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Haytham Soliman and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) for claims 1 and 46 of U.S. 7,464,040 in eClinicalWorks, LLC et al. v. Decapolis Systems, LLC, IPR2022-0229, Paper 10 (PTAB April 13, 2022). The denial was...
