USPTO Petition Data for July 2023 – Frequently Filed Petitions in the Office of Petitions Petition Type Avg Days Pending of Decided Petitions in the Past 12 Months Grant Rate Percent of Total Petitions Decided in the Past 12 Months To Make Entity Status Large from Small 125 81% To […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced: a decrease from $1,277 to $1,167 in PCT fees for designating the Japan Patent Office (JPO) as the International Search Authority (ISA) for an international search; the introduction of a new Patents Petitions webpage […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner Volvo Penta of the Americas, LLC (“Volvo Penta”) appealed from a final written decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) holding all claims 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 9,630,692 (“the ‘692 patent”) unpatentable as […]

By:  Gene M. Garner II, Partner Apple Inc. (“Apple”) appealed two final written decisions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”).  In two petitions to the Board for inter partes review, Apple had challenged the validity of various patent claims of […]

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