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 David Maiorana | Nov 4, 2024 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – On March 23, 2024, Nearmap US, Inc. (“Nearmap”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 10,671,648 (“the ’648 Patent”) (“IPR716”), assigned to Eagle View Technologies, Inc. (“Eagle View”). The ’648...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 30, 2024 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Sabrina Bellantoni and Matt Johnson – Recently, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) released a final written decision finding no challenged claims were unpatentable in Duration Media LLC v. Rich Media Club LLC, IPR2023-00953, Paper 74 (August 19,...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 24, 2024 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Nicholas D’Andrea and Matt Johnson – On October 10, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule allowing parties to proceed without backup counsel in AIA proceedings and implementing an automatic admission process for pro hac vice attorneys. Full text of the...
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 Carl Kukkonen | Oct 9, 2024 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Carl Kukkonen – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review: Keysight Technologies, Inc. and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Centripetal Networks, LLC found a rule set file used by a network security program to be a “printed publication”...
