by Joe Sauer | Jan 2, 2017 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Joe Sauer The Patent Trial and Appeal Board publishes monthly statistics tracking numerous aspects of AIA Petition filings and how they are resolved. The AIA Trial Statistics through the end of November 2016 are available here. Reviewing the data for 2016, the most...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 23, 2016 | Other News, PTAB News
In April 2016, the PTO launched its Post Grant Outcomes Pilot, an initiative to inform Examiners of relevant PTAB proceedings regarding patents related to an application (e.g., a continuation, divisional, continuation-in-part) that they are currently examining....
by David Maiorana | Nov 10, 2016 | PTAB News
By Dave Maiorana The U.S. Supreme Court has denied two of the three pending constitutional challenges to inter partes review (“IPR”). In MCM v. HP, No. 15-1330, patent owner MCM Portfolio LLC (“MCM”) challenged the constitutionality of IPRs on...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 25, 2016 | PTAB News
The PTAB has introduced a new page where case-dispositive rulings are posted on a daily basis. This page facilitates a quick review of Final Written Decisions, Settlements, and Adverse judgments issued today and the day before. The daily decisions page is described...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 14, 2016 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson (profile) On September 21st, Director Michelle Lee made comments regarding the America Invents Act five years on at an anniversary event at the Rayburn Building. Regarding PTAB trials, Director Lee stated: The AIA also created a new Patent Trial and...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 13, 2016 | Final Written Decisions, Petitions, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson (profile) The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has released AIA trial filing and disposition numbers for August 2016. Filings remained near the 150 mark, with 143 total trials being requested in August, 136 of those being requests for Inter Partes Review....
