Caution: Contingent Limitations
If-Then logic is in most computerized inventions, but the Ex Parte Schulhauser case lets the examiner ignore the “Then” part in your … Read more
PTAB
Ex Parte Reexamination
Are you having problems with a patent that you believe is invalid? Know about uncited prior art? Consider filing a Patent Ex … Read more
Patent appeal process and procedures
The patent appeal process allows an applicant to bypass an examiner and request that the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (PTAB) independently … Read more
Sovereign Immunity, Tribes, & IPR
Allergan proposed a strange way to help immunize US patents from IPR attack – the “sovereign immunity defense”. IPR attacks: The America Invents … Read more
Advantages of USPTO PTAB proceedings
When compared to European patent oppositions, PTAB methods look great because they employ a number of legal protections lacking in the European system.