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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Quick Stat

10,782

Total number of ex parte requests filed since July 01, 1981.

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Resources

From SKGF

Statutory Subject Matter: Case Summaries June 28, 2010 – October 1, 2010

October 2010 | Presented at The Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation XI (Download PDF)

Appeals from the Central Reexamination Unit to the BPAI and CAFC- Version II

October 2010 | Presented at The Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation XI (Download PDF)

Patent Enforcement Under Section 337 Before The USITC

October 2010 | Presented at The Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation XI (Download PDF)

Appeals from the Central Reexamination Unit to the BPAI and CAFC

January 2010 | Materials at the 5th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute (Download PDF)

Reexamination Practice of Biotech/Pharma Patents in Group Art Unit 3991

January 2010 | Presented at the 5th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute (Download PDF)

Reexamination Practice with Concurrent District Court or USITC Patent Litigation

October 2009 | Presented at The Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation X

Available on Westlaw: 1) Go to Westlaw 2) Enter below cite into Find by Citation: “10 SEDCJ 115″

Reexamination Practice with Concurrent District Court or USITC Patent Litigation

January 2009 | Presented at The Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (Download PDF)

Reexamination Practice with Concurrent District Court or USITC Patent Litigation

October 2008 | Presented at The Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation IX (Download PDF)

Media

Podcast on The Parallel Universe of Patent Reexamination and Litigation

January 2009 | Conversation with Robert Greene Sterne, 9:42 minutes (Download MP3)

Podcast on Trends in Patent Reexamination Before the USPTO in 2008

December 2008 | Introduction and Summary of Trends, 9:15 minutes (Download MP3)

Discussion of i4i Reexamination Victory Over Microsoft Confirming Patentability

May 2010 | i4i’s Reexamination Counsel Robert Green Sterne, 3:20 minutes (Download MP4)

Impact of the U.S. Reexamination Process on Patent Portfolio Value

May 2010 | MDB Bright Lights Conference, Robert Greene Sterne, 30:46 minutes (Stream Video)

Telling the Story of the Invention and Presenting Secondary Considerations

June 2010 | Trends for Patent Owners Robert Greene Sterne, 3:11 minutes (Stream Video)

Analysis

All or Nothing Design Patent Reexaminations: On the Rise?
IPWatchdog, June 8, 2010, authored by Tracy-Gene G. Durkin

Reexamination of Patents Listed in the FDA’s Orange Book
IPWatchdog, February 2, 2010, authored by Gaby L . Longsworth

Larson Mfg. Co. v. Aluminart Products Ltd. Did the Federal Circuit Break New Ground in Inequitable Conduct
Maryland State Bar Association, June 12, 2009, by Gaby Longsworth & Keisha Hylton-Rodic

CleanTech Open Patent Strategies: Reexamination
CleanTechies Blog, April 30, 2009, authored by Michael V. Messinger

Hot Topics in US Patent Reexamination
Patently-O, March 10, 2009, authored by Robert Greene Sterne

Cabilly II Recombinant Antibody Patent Survives Reexamination
February 26, 2009 authored by Elizabeth J. Haanes

In Re Swanson And The Re-Examination Requirement
IP Law 360, authored by Robert Greene Sterne, Lori A. Gordon, Elizabeth J. Haanes

Speaking Events

Design Patent Reexamination: 10 Year Filing Trends & Strategic Considerations
May 6, 2010 | New York City, NY | AIPLA’s Spring Meeting
Presented by Tracy-Gene G. Durkin (Download) (Read More)

Georgetown University Law Center
April 20, 2010 | Washington, DC, 12:00 – 1:30pm, McDonough Hall Room 492
Presented by Robert G. Sterne, Jon Wright, and Michael Specht (Download) (Read More)

University of Virginia School of Law
April 16, 2010 | Charlottesville, VA 12:00 – 1:00pm, Room SL258
Presented by Robert G. Sterne, Mark F. Evens, and Byron L. Pickard (Download) (Read More)

George Mason University School of Law
April 14, 2010 | Arlington VA, 12:00 – 1:00pm, Room 332
Presented by Robert G. Sterne and Jon Wright (Download) (Read More)

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences First Annual Board Conference
April 7, 2010 | Madison Auditorium, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Michael V. Messinger delivered an article (Download PDF) and presentation (Download PDF) on “Winning a Non-Obviousness Case at the Board” at the First BPAI Conference. The presentation included discussion of the calculus of “need versus timing” and how to properly and persuasively present evidence by way of affidavits in the inter partes reexamination process. (Read More)

University of Maryland School of Law
April 6, 2010 | Baltimore, MD 5:25 – 7:25pm, Room 310
Presented by Robert G. Sterne and Lori A. Gordon (Download) (Read More)

George Washington University Law School
March 17, 2010 | Washington, DC 12:00-1:00pm, Burns Hall
Presented by Robert G. Sterne and Lori A. Gordon (Download) (Read More)