The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has withdrawn a proposed rule for filing terminal disclaimers to overcome obviousness-type double patenting rejections. The proposed rule would likely have had wide...more
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently proposed a new rule for filing terminal disclaimers to overcome obviousness-type double patenting rejections. If adopted, the rule will likely spur patent applicants to...more
The PTAB Digest 2021/2022 provides an overview of PTAB statistics, trends, and updates that impact strategies and business decisions for patent owners and petitioners alike.
Significant developments included the...more
As of 2019, post-grant proceedings have been in use for seven years. Designed as an alternative to district court litigation, post-grant proceedings have offered litigants a faster and more cost-effective forum for resolving...more