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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 aimed at simplifying the U.S. patent system and allowing inventions to be brough to market sooner. The AIA makes significant... more +
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 aimed at simplifying the U.S. patent system and allowing inventions to be brough to market sooner. The AIA makes significant changes to the patent system, including changing from a first-to-invent scheme to a first-to-file scheme, eliminating interference proceedings and developing post-grant opposition.  less -
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The PREVAIL Act Is Back. Will It Prevail This Time?

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On May 1, 2025, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act. The...more

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PTAB Issues FAQs on Interim Process for Workload Management

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Last week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a list of FAQs related to the new bifurcated process for discretionary denial established in the March 26 memorandum issued by Acting Director Stewart. The FAQs...more

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USPTO Implements Interim Procedures Bifurcating Decisions to Institute AIA Trials

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On March 26, 2025, Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Coke Morgan Stewart issued a memorandum (the Workload Memorandum) to all Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and...more

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Recapping a Busy Summer for Director Review

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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal had a busy end to her summer, issuing six decisions as part of the Director Review process between July 10 and August 22. In the six decisions, the...more

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USPTO Issues New Rules Governing MTA Practice and Procedures at PTAB

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced new rules governing amendment practice in trial proceedings under the America Invents Act (AIA), making certain provisions of the motion to amend pilot...more

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USPTO Issues Proposed Rules on Discretionary Denial in PTAB Proceedings

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One year ago, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that set forth several ideas related to America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings before the Patent Trial...more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - August 2023

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USPTO News - On July 11, the USPTO Office of the Chief Economist released the 2022 updates to its Trademark Case Files Dataset and Trademark Assignment Dataset....more

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Legislation: Restoring the America Invents Act

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On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, Senators Patrick Leahy (D) and John Cornyn (R) introduced the Restoring the America Invents Act, a bill that would modify Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) procedures and facilitate...more

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Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: 1.132 Declarations for Traversing Rejections

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Long before the AIA, declarations were a tool that was available during patent prosecution to put evidence, e.g., post-filing data and expert opinions, in front of an Examiner to rebut obviousness or lack of enablement...more

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IP Hot Topic: USPTO Releases a Second Update to the PTAB Trial Practice Guide

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On July 15, 2019, the USPTO released a second update to Trial Practice Guide for AIA proceedings. The 64-page update reflects some of the recent opinions that the Board has designated as precedential and includes helpful...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2019: Are the DMV Sloths From Zootopia Reflective of the Pace for Reissue Applications from...

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The movie Zootopia was hysterically funny because it equated animal stereotypes to what we encounter every day. For example, the best employee at the DMV was named Flash – who was a sloth. Actually, the entire DMV was run by...more

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USPTO Announces Sweeping Changes to Motion to Amend Procedures in AIA Trials via Pilot Program

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On March 15, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched a pilot program that implements significant changes to motion to amend practice in AIA trials. The Office states that its goal in proposing...more

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USPTO’s Revised SOP Sheds Light on Selection of PTAB Panels

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The USPTO has revised its standard operating procedure (SOP) governing the assignment of judges to panels in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cases. The SOP, available here, provides guidance to Board administrative...more

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USPTO Seeks Comment on Sweeping Changes to Motion to Amend Procedures in AIA Trials and Announces Likely Pilot Program

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On October 26, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comment on proposed changes to motion to amend practice in AIA trials. The Office states that its goal in proposing these changes...more

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Recent Update on Patent Trial Practice Guide

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (‘‘Trial Practice Guide’’) in August 2018 to revise guidance on practices before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

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USPTO Offers Refund of Certain Non-Electronic Filing Fees Incurred During DSUEBSO

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One of the many concerns raised by the recent outage of the USPTO’s electronic filing system was the requirement to pay the surcharge due when a new U.S. application is not filed electronically. The surcharge is statutory...more

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SAS Institute: One Month In

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We are now a little over a month since the Supreme Court issued its decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu, where the Court held that “[w]hen the Patent Office institutes an inter partes review, it must decide the patentability...more

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SAS Institute: Two Weeks In

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As explained in a prior client alert, two weeks ago the Supreme Court issued its decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu holding that “[w]hen the Patent Office institutes an inter partes review, it must decide the patentability of...more

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USPTO Issues Guidance on Impact of SAS on AIA Trial Proceedings

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On April 26, 2018, the USPTO issued a one-page guidance document on the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decision, SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, on AIA trial proceedings....more

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Supreme Court Strikes Down PTAB Partial Institution Practice: If PTAB Institutes IPR, It Must Address All Challenged Claims in Any...

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The Supreme Court has ruled by a narrow majority of 5-4 that the Patent Office’s regulation allowing for partial institution decisions in inter partes review is foreclosed by the text of 35 U.S.C. § 318(a). SAS Institute Inc....more

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PTAB Issues New Remand Procedures

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On November 16, 2017, the USPTO issued new procedures (“Standard Operating Procedure 9”) for governing cases remanded from the Federal Circuit. These procedures are applicable to all decisions remanded from the Federal...more

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Remands From the Federal Circuit Back to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board: Are They a “Redo” or Something More Limited?

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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), the reviewing court for the decisions issued by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board), has handled over 1,000 appeals from the Board on patent trials...more

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USPTO Launches PTAB Procedural Reform Initiative

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On April 7, 2017, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced it has launched an initiative to develop ways to improve Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, particularly inter partes review proceedings....more

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