Addressing the pre-AIA estoppel provision of 35 USC § 317(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision not to terminate all pending ...

Addressing statutory estoppel issues in connection with inter partes re-examination, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ordered the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to dismiss a ...

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the SSC Phase 13 Re-Exam Result. Candidates who appeared in the re-exam and ...

Imagine receiving a letter from a company offering to let you license a patent covering a computer-related business method for $50,000. Should you pay it? What if the company claims that its patent ...

SSC Phase 13 Re-Exam Result Announcement The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has officially announced the results for the ...

Fiona Yin of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices says patent applicants should consider the Accelerated Examination Procedure for Re-examination as it offers an easier application process ...

US patent law lacks the robust post-grant opposition procedure available to third-party challengers under the European Patent Convention. Instead, US law offers two variants of post-issuance ...

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