PTAB Procedural Decisions Report: Non-Merits Based Decisions Rise, Denials Fall — Unified Patents

It was another year of hundreds of procedural denials at the PTAB, as many as any other previous year, save 2020’s record high.  At the same time, the Board ruled on Fintiv and discretionary issues in almost half of all decisions. he dip in the...

Shots Fired: Challenger Must Have Requisite Standing Before Appealing Unfavorable IPR Decisions | JD Supra

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found, in the context of an appeal from an inter partes review (IPR) decision, that the appellant had...

Printed Publication Proof – Cross T’s And Dot I’s | JD Supra

On November 30, the PTAB entered its final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. 2BCom, LLC on the patentability of the claims of U.S. Patent...

$2,000 for eSignature prior art — Unified Patents

On January 26, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,065,527 . The patent is owned by eSignature, LLC, an NPE. The '527 generally relates to a system...

$12,000 for Atlantic IP Services sub, Speir Technologies, prior art — Unified Patents

On January 28, 2022, Unified added 6 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Speir Technologies, an Atlantic IP Services subsidiary. The contests will all end on...

Patent Trial and Appeal Board Set Date for Oral Hearing in Interference No. 106,115

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has set February 4th at 1:00 pm EST for the Oral Hearing in the Priority Phase of Interference No. 106,115 between the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, "Broad") as...

Review of VLSI Patents in Intel Fight Seen Enticing ‘Opportunists’

An administrative tribunal’s decision to accept validity challenges to VLSI Technology LLC patents supporting a $2.18 billion verdict against Intel Corp. invites profiteers to abuse the system, some attorneys warn.

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

Challenged claims of Engle Grange LLC’s patent directed to a keyless ignition start system in which authentication of a coded key fob is carried out twice are unpatentable, the PTAB held, in an inter partes review by Unified Patents LLC. Unified...

$2,000 for Guzik Technical Enterprises prior art — Unified Patents

On January 28, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,221,220 . The patent is owned by Guzik Technical Enterprises, an NPE. The '220 patent generally...

PTAB Discretionary Denials Escape High Court Review - Law360

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to review a highly controversial U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rule allowing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to deny patent challenges based on the timing of related litigation.

WSOU '770 patent likely invalid — Unified Patents

On January 11, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 7,333,770 , owned by WSOU Investments, LLC. The ‘770 patent is generally related to...

Engle Grange patent held invalid — Unified Patents

On January 19, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Engle Grange, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,548,645 invalid. The ‘645 patent is generally directed...

Patent Owner Loses Everything at PTAB

Holding In Mati Therapeutics, Inc. v. Ocular Therapeutix, Inc., the Federal Circuit issued a Rule 36 opinion affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB’s”) Fi

Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Method of Treatment Patent for Lack of Written Description in Hatch-Waxman Case

On November 30, 2021, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Northern District of West Virginia’s invalidity finding as to a method-of-treatment patent, based on a lack of written description. Plai

The New Separation of Powers Formalism and Administrative Adjudication

$4,000 for Big Will Enterprises prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 2022, Unified Patents added two separate PATROLL contests with an opportunity to collect up to $4,000 in cash for prior art on at least claim 1 of two patents - U.S. Patent 8,452,273 and U.S. Patent 9,049,558 . The patents are...