Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China
Long before the America Invents Act (AIA) created the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) patent revocation proceedings, the patentability of one or more claims of any patent could be reviewed via Ex Parte Reexamination...more
In the mid-2000s, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) determined that reexaminations would be more consistent and legally correct if performed by a centralized set of experienced and specially trained Examiners. As a result, the...more
In April, the Supreme People’s Court of China published a draft for comment for “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Administrative Cases Involving Patent Authorization and...more