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Patent Applications Derivation Proceeding America Invents Act

Miller Canfield

Patent Derivation Proceedings Offer a First-to-File Exception - Don’t Take the Bait

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The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Global Health Solutions LLC v. Selner is its first review of a rare patent dispute resolution process under the America Invents Act (AIA). The decision serves as a warning that proving...more

White & Case LLP

The Federal Circuit clarifies AIA derivation standards: Independent conception is key

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In its first precedential review of an AIA derivation proceeding, the Federal Circuit held that to prove derivation, a petitioner has the burden of showing that the petitioner conceived the claimed subject matter and...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases: Global Health Solutions LLC v. Selner

Global Health Solutions LLC v. Selner, Appeal No. 2023-2009 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2025) - In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit conducted its first review of a derivation proceeding under the America Invents Act that...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

A Window into PTAB Derivation Proceedings

In the first-ever final written decision in a post-American Invents Act (AIA) derivation proceeding, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) found that the petitioner had not shown that an inventor named in the respondent’s...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Changes to U.S. Patent Law Under the AIA Take Effect September 16, 2012

Important provisions of the America Invents Act ("AIA"), the most significant patent reform legislation in decades, will be implemented by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") over the next six months....more

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