by Matthew Johnson | Oct 17, 2024 | PTAB News
By Evan Tassis and Matt Johnson – On September 30, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule governing the process for Director Review of proceedings under the AIA. This formalized the USPTO’s interim Director Review procedures implemented by the USPTO following the...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 4, 2024 | PTAB News
By Lauren Kim and Matt Johnson – On June 12, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule governing the pre-issuance circulation and review of decisions within the PTAB. This formalized current USPTO procedures within the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP4) adopted on...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 3, 2024 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The PTAB denied institution of inter partes review reasoning that Petitioner did not demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail in establishing the unpatentability of any of the challenged claims. The...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 25, 2024 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News, Standing
By Lexi Heon, Lisamarie LoGiudice, and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit dismissed Platinum Optics Technology Inc.’s (PTOT) appeal from an IPR decision, finding the challenged claims of Viavi’s U.S. Patent No. 9,354,369 not unpatentable, because PTOT failed to...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 20, 2024 | Estoppel, Evidentiary Issues, Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Fabian Bramwell,* Daniel Sloan, Jen Bachorik, and Matt Johnson – On June 6, 2024, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision concluding claims 1-6 of U.S. Patent No. 8,899,655 B1 (“the ’655 patent”) unpatentable. Yita LLC v. MacNeil IP LLC, IPR2023-00172,...
