PTAB FY 2019 Statistics Through April

PTAB FY 2019 Statistics Through April

By Matt Johnson Institution rates have ticked up while petition filing rates are down slightly so far compared to fiscal year 2018.  The running rate for institutions through the first six months of FY 2019 is at 64% compared to 60% in the previous year.  Through...
A Phoenix From The Ashes

A Phoenix From The Ashes

By John Kinton Recently, the Federal Circuit breathed life, again, into U.S. Patent No. 7,802,310 (the ’310 patent), which is the subject of one of the longest running inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.  In Pers. Web Techs., LLC v. Apple. Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (Fed....