by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 13, 2017 | CBMs, Claim Construction
By Vishal Khatri and Carl Kukkonen In a decision dated February 27, 2017, the Board denied institution of Google Inc.’s petition for Covered Business Method Patent Review of claims 20, 21, 23–26, 28, and 29 of U.S. Patent No. 6,128,651 (“the ’651 patent”) owned by...
by Carl Kukkonen | Feb 14, 2017 | Claim Construction, Request for Reconsideration
By Kamilah Alexander and Carl Kukkonen Conventional wisdom endorses the view that petitioning for a rehearing of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) final written decision is a waste of both attorney and client resources (i.e., time and money). Does...
by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 16, 2017 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB Trial Basics
By Kevin Clark and Carl Kukkonen The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) recently reviewed the threshold necessary to institute a request for inter partes review (IPR) under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Munchkin, Inc. v. Int’l Refills Co., Ltd., IPR2016-01154 (December 12,...
by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 10, 2017 | Claim Construction, Federal Circuit Appeal
By Lin Yu Ph.D. and Carl Kukkonen In D’Agostino v. MasterCard Int’l Inc. 2016-1592 & 2016-1593, the Federal Circuit vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidation decisions in two related inter partes review proceedings, holding that the Board’s claim...
by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 2, 2016 | CBMs, Federal Circuit Appeal, Patent Eligible Subject Matter
By Carl Kukkonen and Stephanie Brooker On November 29, 2016, in Apple Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc. 15-1703, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) findings of unpatentable independent claims in a Covered Business Method (CBM) review and...
