by Lisa Furby | Feb 20, 2025 | PGR
By Lisa Furby and Anneli Kawaoka – In anticipating a dispute over whether the America Invents Act would apply, Petitioner MPL Brands NV, Inc. (“MPL”) filed concurrent petitions for both inter partes review and post-grant review of U.S. Patent No. 11,932,441...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 8, 2024 | PGR, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Shane Padilla, Owen Carpenter, and Matt Johnson – On September 24, 2024, the PTAB denied institution of a post-grant review proceeding initiated by Inari Agriculture, Inc. (Petitioner) against Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Patent Owner). The patent at...
by Carl Kukkonen | May 10, 2023 | PGR, Trial Institution
By Carl Kukkonen – In DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH et al v. QinetiQ Limited (PGR2023-00003), the petitioner filed its petition on the last possible day in the 9-month statutory period to timely file a petition for post-grant review (PGR). The certificate of...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 5, 2023 | 325(d) issues, PGR, Trial Institution
By Levent Herguner and Matt Johnson – USPTO Director Kathi Vidal recently vacated a PTAB decision denying institution of a post-grant review and remanded the case for further proceedings. The petitioner challenged claims 1–27 of the ’274 patent under 35 U.S.C....
by Josh Nightingale | Feb 28, 2023 | Petitions, PGR, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Josh Nightingale – Samsung Electronics Co. (“Samsung”) recently faced the issue of determining whether U.S. Patent No. 11,163,823 (“the ‘823 patent”) is a pre- or post-AIA patent. Hedging its bets, Samsung concurrently filed two petitions—one...
by David Maiorana | Sep 15, 2022 | PGR, PTAB News
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – U.S. Patent No. 9,157,017 (“the ’017 Patent”) is assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (“Honeywell”) and is titled, “Compositions Containing Fluorine Substituted Olefins and Methods and Systems Using Same.” The detailed...
