by Matthew Johnson | Mar 12, 2025 | Evidentiary Issues, Prior Art Issues, Trial Institution
By Mike Lavine – On February 6, 2025, the PTAB denied IPR institution because the Petitioner failed to establish that its key prior art reference qualified as a printed publication under Section 102(b). The PTAB’s decision hinged on whether the “Dammann”...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 3, 2024 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The PTAB denied institution of inter partes review reasoning that Petitioner did not demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail in establishing the unpatentability of any of the challenged claims. The...
by David Maiorana | Jun 26, 2024 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – On October 27, 2023, Inergy Technology, Inc. (“Inergy”) filed concurrent petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,629,634 (“the ’634 Patent”) (“IPR093”) and 7,812,409 (“the ’409 Patent”) (“IPR094”), each...
by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 14, 2023 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Request for Reconsideration, Trial Institution
By Ben Baek* and Carl Kukkonen – On November 16, 2023, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal ordered a Delegated Rehearing Panel (“DRP”) to review whether the PTAB misapprehended or overlooked certain issues when denying challenger SynAffix B.V.’s petition for inter partes...
by John Marlott | Jun 21, 2023 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By John Marlott and Ryan Mueller – If a PTAB panel finds “compelling merits” of unpatentability when making its initial institution decision, is there any realistic chance that same PTAB panel will reach a different result in the final decision at the conclusion...
