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Litigation Stays

Judge Selna in the Central District of California has authored a number of nuanced stay decisions.

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Executive Interviews

The Reexamination Center Executive Interview: Dr. Nancy J. Linck

The Reexamination Center interviews Nancy J. Linck, Ph.D. on a variety of post-grant challenge options at the PTO, including inter partes and ex partes reexamination and the new options introduced within the America Invents Act signed into law in September 2011.

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2,041

Total number of requests for reexamination currently pending as of June 30, 2010.

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Jan 23, 2012

Daily Reexamination Report – January 20, 2012

Below is the newest reexamination request filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as of January 20, 2012: two ex parte reexamination requests.

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Jan 23, 2012

Daily Reexamination Report – January 19, 2012

Below is the newest reexamination request filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as of January 19, 2012: three ex parte reexamination requests and two inter partes reexamination requests.

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Jan 23, 2012

Daily Reexamination Report – January 18, 2012

Below is the newest reexamination request filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as of January 18, 2012: one ex parte reexamination request.

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