Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
Knobbe Martens
Articles
University of Minnesota’s and Toyota’s Claims Held Unpatentable after Minnesota is Dismissed from IPR
USA - March 19 2018 The University of Minnesota (UMinn) and Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota) co-own U.S. Patent 8,394,618 (the ’618 patent). After Reactive Surfaces Ltd. filed…
PTAB Terminates Interference Proceeding Between University of California and Broad Institute Regarding CRISPR Gene Editing Claims
USA - February 21 2017 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) terminated a patent interference proceeding between the University of California (UC) and the Broad Institute…
Cabilly II IPR Update: Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC v. Genentech, Inc.
USA - February 17 2016 In July of 2015, Sanofi filed petition for an inter partes review (IPR2015-01624) for 15 claims of U.S. Pat. No. 6,331,415 ("Cabilly II"). In the…
Nonprofit Group I-MAK Files IPR Petitions Seeking to Invalidate Hepatitis C Drug Patent
USA - October 25 2017 In an effort to lay the groundwork for generic entry and reduced drug prices, the non-profit group Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge…
The PTAB Issues a Rare Grant of Request for Rehearing in View of Institution Decision Overlooking a Figure in Prior Art
USA - March 14 2017 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted a rare request for rehearing of its earlier decision denying institution of an asserted anticipation ground…
