Inter Partes Review Archives

New Use of Collateral Estoppel Permitted for IPRs

9 Dec, 22 |

Collateral estoppel used to flip holding of patent validity

IPR Disclaimer Only Applies After the IPR Party Is Over

16 Nov, 22 |

Patent Owner’s arguments for narrow claim interpretation do not save claim from invalidation

Patent Avoids Invalidation Due to Error in Reference

27 Jul, 22 |

Mystery of inconsistent data solved by looking at priority application

Victory in Doubt After Federal Circuit Win

13 Jun, 22 |

UMass wins reversal of indefiniteness ruling based on claim construction advanced by opponent

Academic Article Used to Create Joint Inventorship Puzzle

27 May, 22 |

Article naming administrator along with named inventors could derail patent

Unusual Finding Vacates IPR After Federal Circuit Affirmance

13 May, 22 |

“Typically, cases are not terminated on remand after the merits have been affirmed.”

General Skepticism Does Not Negate Motivation to Combine

4 May, 22 |

Surgeon’s skepticism of robot surgery doesn’t make robot surgeon patentable

U.S. Patent Office Judges Don’t Have to Examine Substitute Claims

24 Mar, 22 |

No obligation to volunteer unpatentability issues for a proposed substitute claim based on the prior art of record

Negative Claim Limitation Satisfied by Silence

16 Mar, 22 |

Claims to acne treatment “without” ingredient invalidated by reference that did not mention the ingredient

Parachute Patent Fails to Deploy

14 Mar, 22 |

Patent combining ballistic parachute and autopilot system found obvious