by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Jun 1, 2018 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Rich Graham and Matt Johnson On June 1, 2018, the PTAB announced new guidance on motions to amend in AIA trials. In view of the decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, 872 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir....
by Josh Nightingale | Mar 8, 2021 | Amendment Practice
By Grant Hebrank* and Josh Nightingale – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a final rule regarding the allocation of the burden of persuasion for the patentability of substitute claims on...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 14, 2020 | Amendment Practice, Request for Reconsideration
By Levent Herguner and Matt Johnson – In a recent decision, the PTAB admitted that it erred in its prior determination of unpatentability, and authorized supplemental briefing on the patentability of substitute claims. See Rimfrost AS v. Aker Biomarine...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 30, 2019 | Amendment Practice, PTAB News
By Phillip S. Beck and Christian Platt On October 21, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) provided a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) concerning their rules of practice in allocating burdens...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 25, 2019 | Amendment Practice, Discovery, Joinder, Motions Practice, PTAB News
By Catharina Chin Eng and Matt Johnson Our prior post on the PTAB’s second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG), published July 15, 2019, highlighted the additional guidance provided for petitions, patent owner preliminary responses and claim construction. ...