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Director Vacates Decision Based on Improper Claim Construction

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The PTAB denied institution of inter partes review reasoning that Petitioner did not demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail in establishing the unpatentability of any of the challenged claims. The...more

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Director Vidal Reels In Discretionary Denials Under Section 314(a)

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Under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), the PTAB has discretion to deny institution of an inter partes review. In certain circumstances, the PTAB will discretionarily deny a petition because another petition challenging the same patent...more

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Institution Denied For Lack of Sufficient Structure

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The Board declined to institute inter partes review because Petitioner failed to identify adequate corresponding structure in the challenged patent that performed the function of claim limitation that was to be construed...more

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Institution Denial Vacated to Reconsider Prior Art Drawing

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On April 5, 2024, Director Vidal vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) denial of institution of inter partes review (IPR) where the Petitioner relied on a drawing in a prior art patent document to...more

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Forced Cooperation Between Rivals Does Not Create a “Significant Relationship”

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Director Vidal recently vacated three discretionary denials of institution after finding that the three petitioners did not have a “significant relationship” with a prior petitioner. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. Neo...more

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Failure to Make Full Sotera-Stipulation Contributes to Denial

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In an increasingly rare exercise of discretion, the PTAB denied institution of inter partes review under Fintiv in Zhuhai Cosmx Battery Co., Ltd. v. Ningde Amperex Technology Limited, IPR2023-00587. The PTAB reasoned that...more

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PTAB Applies Director’s Guidance and Holds that Compelling Evidence of Unpatentability Precludes Fintiv Denial

In an IPR institution decision issued shortly after the USPTO issued interim guidance on discretionary denials, the PTAB held that the petition presented “compelling evidence of unpatentability,” foreclosing a Fintiv...more

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Healthy Overlap Between PTAB And Trial Court Favors Denial

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The PTAB recently denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) for claims 1 and 46 of U.S. 7,464,040 in eClinicalWorks, LLC et al. v. Decapolis Systems, LLC, IPR2022-0229, Paper 10 (PTAB April 13, 2022). The denial was...more

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Fintiv Revisited—District Court Transfer Results in Institution Reversal

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In November 2020, Google LLC filed two petitions requesting an inter partes review of the claims of Ikorongo Technology LLC (“Ikorongo”) owned U.S. Patent No. 8,874,554 (“the ’554 patent”)....more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

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Rolling The Dice – Discretionary Denial And Forum Selection Clauses

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* The Federal Circuit has just issued an additional decision in this dispute today. We will cover that development further shortly. In a recent decision, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board granted institution of inter...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2021: What Court Stipulations Persuade the PTAB in Petitioners’ and Patent Owners’ Favor on...

Petitioners and Patent Owners alike have started filing stipulations in district court and at the International Trade Commission to leverage the Fintiv factors in their favor on the issue of discretionary denial at the Patent...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2021

[co-author: Jay Bober, Summer Associate] The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for...more

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