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In re Packard Inextricably Linked to Patent Examination Practices? Back in 2014, the Federal Circuit determined the standard for a USPTO indefiniteness analysis in In re Packard ( here ). This standard was more deferential to the agency as compared to the…
In Secure Access, LLC v. PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, [2016-1353] (February 21, 2017), the Federal Circuit vacated the Board’s decision in CBM2014-00100 on the ground that U.S. Patent No. 7,631,191 on a "system and method for authenticating a…
This week, our Data Science Team continued reviewing Apple’s IPR cases with a focus on patent owners. We wanted to learn which entities had their patents challenged by Apple since the inception of Inter-Partes Review in 2012. We’ve unveiled the…
Written by Hyeongsu Rick Park and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) terminated a patent interference proceeding between the University of California (UC) and the Broad Institute (Broad), a joint venture of Harvard University…
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt In Metalcraft , the Circuit affirms a preliminary injunction based largely on the patentee’s proof that it ‎would be impossible to quantify damages ‎caused by loss of potentially-lifelong…
Building Consensus to Advance Innovation Reston, VA, February 16, 2017 – The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. (LES) is now an Accredited Standards Developer (ASD) of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). As an…
Yesterday, the PTAB in interference 106,048 issued a short order finding no interference- in- fact between the claims of 12 Broad Institute patents (US Patent Number 8,697,359 et al.) and the application held by The Regents of the University of California…
The admissibility of evidence is an important consideration for many PTAB proceedings. The procedures for objecting to and admitting evidence can be nuanced and, as often is the case with the PTAB, the devil is in the details. Panels are also quick to…
Written by Daniel K. Yarbrough, Ph.D. and Nathanael R. Luman, Ph.D. The PTAB denied institution of an IPR based on patent owner’s challenge to the prior art status of a PCT publication that was asserted by the petitioner as pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. §…
This week, Patexia Data Science Team continued reviewing Apple’s IPR challenges. However, we turned our attention towards PTAB Panel of Administrative Judges. Given that Apple has been the most active company responsible for filing almost 5 percent…
Last month, the Federal Circuit made clear that Article III standing is necessary for petitioners to appeal from adverse decisions in AIA trial proceedings in Phigenix, Inc. v. ImmunoGen, Inc. ( here ) The Phigenix decision follows an earlier decision ,…
Written by Scott Forbes and Jeremy Carney The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently held in Ex parte Itagaki and Nishiara (PTAB 2016) that claims reciting a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus are directed to ineligible subject…
