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Federal Circuit Remands Decision on Motion to Amend to Board to Apply and Interpret Aqua Products and SAS Institute

The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Sirona Dental Systems GMBH v. Institut Straumann AG, Appeals 2017-1341, 2017-1403 (Fed. Cir. June 19, 2018) tasked the PTAB with reconciling the Supreme Court’s SAS Institute decision (discussed here) with its en banc decision in Aqua Products regarding the burden of proof on motions to amend (discussed here).… Continue Reading

PTAB Bar Association Officially Launched

By Sandip H. Patel and Katherine L. Neville, Ph.D. on September 19, 2016 Posted in PTAB

We are pleased to share that the new Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) Bar Association launched Friday, September 16, 2016. The organization will provide a forum for communications between the legal community and PTAB officials and its Administrative Patent Judges (APJs), particularly to share best practices and stay abreast of the rule making, procedure and jurisprudence … Continue Reading

ChIPs Conference Coverage

By Julianne M. Hartzell on September 16, 2016 Posted in IPR, PTAB

I had the opportunity to attend the ChIPs (Chiefs of Intellectual Property) conference in Washington DC this week and thought that several of the panels that I attended would be of interest to the PTABWatch readership. The organization is focused on the advancement of women in tech, law, and policy and enjoys strong participation from … Continue Reading

Put Away The Blunderbuss – Attention to Detail and Thoroughness Are Needed in Preparing an IPR Petition

By William K. Merkel, Ph.D. on July 21, 2015 Posted in IPR, Post Grant Review, PTAB

Boehringer Ingelheim filed three petitions attacking patents generally drawn to methods of treating RA patients with rituximab. The decisions on two of those petitions, i.e., IPR2015-00415 and IPR2015-00417, have been addressed elsewhere. In IPR2015-00418, the PTAB declined to institute an IPR on the petition’s challenges to the lone claim of U.S. Patent No. 8,329,172, drawn … Continue Reading