Today, the Director of the U.S. Patent Office designated the final written decision in Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (March 10, 2023) precedential as to section II.E.3.

In an inter partes review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board applied guidance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and declined to consider an obviousness ground that was based on admissions ...

January 27, 2025 - Establishing that a reference qualifies as prior art is a crucial threshold inquiry in challenging the validity of a patent. That is especially true at the Patent Trial and Appeal ...

“The CAFC found it plain… that Section 102(e)(1) was simply referencing a specific type of printed publication that becomes prior art as of the date it was filed.” Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

“Even though Dynamic Drinkware does not apply to prior art analysis for post-AIA patents, petitioners must show that the reference patent meets the ‘ministerial requirements’ of Sections 119 and 120.” ...

Prior art patents are a tremendous resource for product development, says practicing patent agent Russell Krajec. The detailed explanations of prior art patents can provide a glimpse of your ...

A patent owner may be able to remove an asserted prior art reference if the patent owner can show that the relevant subject matter in the prior art is the inventor’s own work. After the petitioner in ...

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Peter Blasi, Global Strategic Account Manager for the CAS Ionic Affinity Program, talks to Managing IP about prior art patent searches, sharing his advice on maximising both thoroughness and ...

U.S. technology vendors submitted five patent applications for last Friday’s launch of a Web site that allows the public to review proposals before patents are granted. Less than a week later, the ...

Searches for comparison prior art will be a little easier, but practitioners will have to put more thought into claim construction and design patent titles A design patent ruling by the Court of ...