by Matthew Johnson | Jun 24, 2022 | PTAB News
By Haytham Soliman and Matt Johnson – Since the passage of the America Invents Act in 2012, both petitioners and patent owners have expressed concerns regarding the procedures and practices of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In an effort to respond to...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 23, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Pranita Dhungana,* Christian Roberts, and Matt Johnson – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Director Vidal is initiating sua sponte review of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) decisions to institute inter partes review of two patents owned...
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...
