by Matthew Johnson | Apr 30, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Matt Johnson Further to the PTAB’s efforts to improve the ability of patent owners to amend claims in an AIA trial via the Motion to Amend Pilot program, the USPTO recently issued guidance on other avenues for amending claims of patents challenged in AIA...
by Emily Tait | Apr 15, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Emily Tait On March 13, 2019, the PTAB issued the fifth installment of its ongoing Motion to Amend Study, which tracks and analyzes motions to amend filed in AIA trials through September 30, 2018 (end of Fiscal Year 2018). The data collected by the Board includes:...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 26, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Catharina J. Chin Eng and Matt Johnson To facilitate claim amendments in inter partes, post-grant and covered business method patent reviews (collectively AIA trials), the USPTO on October 29, 2018, published a request for comment (“RFC”) on a proposed procedure...
by John Marlott | Mar 22, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By John Marlott We recently posted about the panel opinion in Amazon.com v. Uniloc, a final written decision demonstrating how the PTAB has given heightened scrutiny to proposed substitute amended claims in an IPR. In addition to assessing the patentability of...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 19, 2019 | Amendment Practice
On October 29, 2018, the Office published a request for comments (“RFC”) on a proposed procedure for motions to amend filed in inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, and covered business method patent reviews (collectively AIA trials) before the PTAB. The Office...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 18, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Jonathan Knight, Ph.D. and Carl Kukkonen On March 7, 2019, the PTAB issued a new precedential order that helps to clarify a petitioner’s briefing rights in view of a recent update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide. The new order is Lectrosonics, Inc. v. Zaxcom, Inc.,...
