ARE Patent Law Alert:
Federal Circuit Clarifies That USPTO Can Only Consider Prior Art Found to Raise a Substantial New Question of Patentability in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings

Although under the America Invents Act, as of September 16, 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) ceased accepting new petitions for inter partes reexaminations, there are still many that are pending. In Belkin International, Inc. v. Kappos, No. 2012-1090 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 2, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit […]

Learning by example: The limited grace period for prior disclosures under the AIA

Click here to read the article.   – Technology Transfer Tactics, Vol. 6, No. 6 June 2012