by Matthew Johnson | Mar 10, 2022 | Discovery, PTAB News
By Nick Bagnolo and Matt Johnson – Following the grant of institution of a recent IPR petition in the matter of Satco Products, Inc. v. The Regents of the University of California, IPR2021-00662, Paper 26 (PTAB Feb. 11, 2022) concerning U.S. Patent No....
by David Maiorana | May 11, 2021 | Discovery, Evidentiary Issues
By Dave Maiorana and Bobby Karl – Discovery in an IPR proceeding is limited compared to district court litigation in order to focus the proceedings and promote speed and efficiency. The PTAB Practice Guide and 37 C.F.R 42.51 provide for three types of...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 19, 2020 | PTAB News
By Robert M. Breetz, Stephanie M. Brooker, and Matt Johnson – Holding its first mock oral arguments, the PTAB provided LEAP eligible participants with a unique opportunity to argue in front of PTAB judges. On August 7, 2020, mock oral PTAB hearings were held...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 19, 2018 | Discovery, PTAB Trial Basics
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson The PTAB has discretion to permit “routine discovery” under 37 C.F.R. §42.51(b)(1)(iii) when that discovery “is narrowly directed to specific information known to the responding party to be inconsistent with a position advanced by that...
by Joseph Beauchamp | Mar 29, 2018 | Federal Circuit
By: Mike Lavine and Joe Beauchamp Patent applicants often draft claims to cover various ranges of physical or chemical characteristics. Of primary concern during prosecution are prior art documents that disclose similar, but not overlapping, ranges. In In re Brandt,...