The limited ability of a patent owner to amend claims and present new claims in post-grant and inter partes reviews *

USA - May 4 2012
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) includes two new post-grant proceedings for challenging the validity of a patent: post-grant review and inter partes review.

Co-authors: Lawrence A. Stahl .

The scope and ramifications of the new post-grant and inter partes review proceedings at the USPTO *

USA - December 21 2011
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) makes numerous changes to U.S. patent law.

Co-authors: Lawrence A. Stahl .

The broadest reasonable interpretation of claims in reexamination: a standard making it easier to invalidate patent claims *

USA - November 5 2010
Patent reexamination by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is increasingly being turned to by those wishing to challenge the validity of a patent.

Co-authors: Lawrence A. Stahl .

The changing attitudes toward inter partes reexamination *

USA - June 8 2010
One of the more striking developments in patent law is the dramatic increase in the use of inter partes reexaminations to cancel the claims of a patent.

Co-authors: Lawrence A. Stahl .