Oblon | USA | 11 Feb 2016
The Supreme Court will soon consider the propriety of the "appeal bar" of 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) in Cuozzo. This appeal bar of the America Invents Act…
Oblon | USA | 9 Feb 2016
CAFC Makes Clear BRI Encompasses Plain & Ordinary Meaning. The USPTO's Broadest Reasonable Interpretation…
Oblon | USA | 5 Feb 2016
At yesterday's Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) meeting, USPTO Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations Jack Harvey explained a new…
Oblon | USA | 4 Feb 2016
In Prolitec, Inc., v. Scentair Technologies, Inc. the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) confirmed that patentees bear the burden of…
Oblon | USA | 1 Feb 2016
Petitioners seeking Inter Partes Review (IPR) must be mindful of the statutory bar of 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). This provision precludes IPR from being…
Oblon | USA | 27 Jan 2016
Starting next week, February 2nd, the USPTO's Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) will host its second year of "Boardside Chat" webinars. The purpose…
Oblon | USA | 26 Jan 2016
Earlier this month the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cuozzo Speed v. Lee. The Cuozzo appeal involves the very first Inter Partes Review (IPR)…
Oblon | USA | 15 Jan 2016
Earlier this week I pointed out my Top 5 PTAB decisions for 2015. Also this week, the Board highlighted two of its own 2015 decisions, designating…
Oblon | USA | 14 Jan 2016
When instituting an Inter Partes Review (IPR)—or any AIA trial proceeding for that matter— a panel of three administrative patent judges finds that…
Oblon | USA | 13 Jan 2016
During last week's, blog webinar I recounted some of the more noteworthy Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions of 2015. My focus was not on…