Anthony A. Hartmann
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Articles
4 Takeaways From PTAB’s First Derivation Decision
USA - March 27 2019 Shining a spotlight on the new America Invents Act, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s March 20 decision was a first-ever derivation decision. The…
PTAB Finds No Derivation in First Derivation Proceeding
USA - March 25 2019 The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in Andersen Corp. v. GED Integrated Solutions, Inc., DER2017-00007, concluding its first derivation…
PTAB’s First Oral Hearing in a Derivation Proceeding
USA - January 31 2019 The PTAB conducted its first oral hearing in a derivation proceeding instituted under 37 C.F.R. § 42.400 et seq. Andersen Corp. v. GED Integrated…
PTAB Institutes Its First Derivation Proceeding
USA - March 27 2018 On March 21, 2018, the PTAB instituted its first derivation proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.400 et seq., having denied many petitions over the years…
A Tale of Two Methods: Conditions Precedent and Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
USA - November 15 2016 In an appeal of an Examiner’s rejection of claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the Board addressed the application of the broadest reasonable…
