The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently made several significant changes that are reshaping discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). ...more
Fish & Richardson’s 2024 Post-Grant Report takes a deep dive into the cases, trends, and statistics that shaped Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice throughout the year and how they might affect practitioners going...more
3/7/2025
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On February 28, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced that it has rescinded the June 21, 2022, memorandum about discretionary denials in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) post-grant proceedings with...more
3/3/2025
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On November 20, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a final rule adjusting patent fees beginning in 2025. According to the Office, the new fee schedule will increase fee collections by approximately...more
Over the past 20 years, the Federal Circuit’s opinion in SuperGuide Corp. v. DirectTV Enters., Inc., 358 F.3d 870 (Fed. Cir. 2004), which defined the plain and ordinary meaning of the phrase “at least one of” followed by a...more
On April 21, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning changes to America Invents Act proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Most of the changes under...more