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 ...

Reexamination is a limited proceeding In Reexamination, the patent’s original claims are not subjected to a full examination Long before the America Invents Act (AIA) created the Patent Trial 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 ...

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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 ...