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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
On April 19, 2024, the USPTO published a long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that followed its April 2023 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). The proposed rules package, Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more
In its second-ever Final Written Decision in a derivation proceeding, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) determined that a patent application for a biocidal composition and method of producing said biocidal...more
The PTAB recently issued a rare decision instituting a derivation proceeding, in Global Health Solutions LLC v. Selner, DER2017-00031 (“GHC”). The GHC institution decision provides several lessons for future petitioners...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partners John Alemanni, Tina McKeon, and Wab Kadaba recently presented to clients on the topic of “PTAB Trials Insights & Strategies – Leveraging Recent Developments at the PTAB” at the annual Kilpatrick...more
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
Orange Book-Listed Patents Prove to Be Popular Targets for AIA Challenges - On March 13, 2018, Chief Administrative Patent Judge Ruschke of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) released findings of the Patent Office’s...more
Introduction - In proving a patent invalid (or infringed), all claim limitations must be considered. A recent case illustrates this maxim for both derivation under 35 U.S.C. § 102(f) and obviousness under 35 U.S.C. §...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has unveiled a series of new rules that provide for significant changes to the procedures followed in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, including inter partes...more