Appeals, Post Grant and Other Contested Proceedings
Our attorneys are well experienced in ex parte patent appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (now the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, or PTAB). We have also conducted numerous reexaminations (ex-parte and inter-partes) and patent re-issue matters. This experience will enable us to be effective advocates in the new post-grant and contested proceedings that are authorized by the America Invents Act of 2011. These new proceedings, which include Supplemental Examination, Derivation Proceedings, Post-Grant Review, Inter-Partes Review, and Post-Grant Submissions, can have a direct impact on the validity, enforceability, and/or scope of a patent. Our breadth of experience in appeals, reexaminations, and reissues (coupled with our experience in patent prosecution and litigation) will allow us to work effectively with clients in developing strategies for using these procedures in protecting, enforcing, and enhancing their patent rights in a cost-effective way.
Sample Patents
- Patent No. US9016026 Method and system for forming frameless buildings
- Patent No. US9014195 Packet forwarding method and system
- Patent No. US9011169 Connectors with electrical or signal carrying capabilities and related methods
- Patent No. US9009206B1 Method and system for optimizing traversal and storage of directory entries of a storage volume
- Patent No. US9008277 Continuous contact X-ray source
- Patent No. US9004805 Multi-stage engagement assemblies and related methods
- Patent No. US9004432 Rotatable housing assembly
- Patent No. US9003155 Method and system for managing storage units
- Patent No. US9003038B1 Systems and methods for bandwidth scavenging among a plurality of applications in a network
- Patent No. US9002549 Multimedia information and control system for automobiles
- Patent No. US8997363 Target positioning systems and methods
- Patent No. USd725799 Facade for window-mounted air conditioner
- Patent No. USd724061 Pillow speaker with controls for an A-V display
- Patent No. US8996832 Method and system for responding to client requests for information maintained by storage systems
- Patent No. US8996798 Systems and methods for using TCAMs in network devices
- Patent No. US8996730 System and method to restore maximum payload size in a network adapter
- Patent No. US8996179B2 Movement simulator
- Patent No. US8995732 System and method for digital tooth imaging
- Patent No. US8995457 Systems and methods for modifying frames in a network device
- Patent No. US8995455 Memory devices for network devices and associated methods
- Patent No. US8995425 Network device scheduler and methods thereof
- Patent No. US8994156 Semiconductor device packages with solder joint enhancement elements
- Patent No. US8992502B2 Flexible storage container
- Patent No. US8989191 Systems and methods for hard zoning in networks
- Patent No. US8989162 Point-to-multipoint microwave communication
- Patent No. US8989134 Allotment of radio resources in a base station of a broadband network
- Patent No. US8985519 Load-carrying system for transport aeroplane
- Patent No. US8979802 Safety IV catheter assembly with seal
- Patent No. US8979624 Multiple user interactive interface
- Patent No. US8979029 System for carrying and dropping loads for a transport airplane
- Patent No. US8978052 System and methods for inter-driver communication
- Patent No. US8977786 Method and system for processing information at peripheral devices
- Patent No. US8977476 Automatic shutdown system for automobiles
- Patent No. US8976800 Configurable switch element and methods thereof
- Patent No. US8976667 Method and system for programmable delay before transmission pausing
- Patent No. US8976066 Beam-forming antenna with amplitude-controlled antenna elements
- Patent No. US8971376 Broad area laser pump combiner
- Patent No. US8971352 High accuracy 1588 timestamping over high speed multi lane distribution physical code sublayers
- Patent No. US8967900 Hygienic writing instrument and method of using
- Patent No. US8959365 Methods of providing fast search, analysis, and data retrieval of encrypted data without decryption
