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Patent Examiners Have an Average of Only 19 Hours to Review a Patent Application

Rochelle · Sep 14, 2019 ·

That includes reading the application, understanding the background technology, looking for examples of prior art, describing how the prior art anticipates the claims or renders them obvious, and communicating with the patent applicant about their application. Patent Progress explains that the limited time patent examiners have with patent applications affects patent quality. https://www.patentprogress.org/2018/03/06/granted-19-hours/

Read More: patentprogress.org

Inter Partes Review Has Provided Companies a Relatively Inexpensive Avenue to Challenge Questionable Patents

Rochelle · Sep 12, 2019 ·

IPR has had material benefits for American companies that “no longer have to pay ransom so the threat of lawsuits over dubious royalty payments—filed by aggressive litigants known as trolls—will go away.” A New York Times article written in anticipation of a Supreme Court case considering the constitutionality of inter partes review explains the benefits of the procedure. (The Supreme Court held that IPR is constitutional).

Read More: NYTimes.com

Patent Lawsuits Up in 2019; PTAB Filings Down | National Law Journal

Rochelle · Jun 22, 2019 ·

The first half of 2019 is in the books and Unified Patents has already crunched the numbers on patent litigation (you can view the full report here). Two notable findings: Suits by nonpracticing entities (NPEs) are on the comeback in district courts, while Patent Trial and Appeal Board filings are substantially down for the first time in years.

Read More: www.law.com

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