PTAB FOIA & PROCEDURES Included here are PTAB FOIA information and procedures. These downloadable documents were obtained by US Inventor from public records and/or Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The information relates to operations of the
PTAB STATISTICS PTAB Statistics Background The 2011 America Invents Act established the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) as a division within the USPTO to conduct trials challenging the validity of previously issued patents. Since 2011, there have been almost 10,000 proceedings affecting almost 7,000 patents. One important subject of analysis is
PATENT ATTORNEY PERFORMANCE The following attorneys and/or firms prosecuted the application for the 2,700 patents that have been invalided by the PTAB in AIA trials. Data is obtained from Google BigQuery - PatentsView. Report any errors to josh@usinventor.org. Rankings - With 10 or more IPRs Attorney/Firm Total Success Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
JUSTICE GORSUCH SETS NEW DIRECTION FOR INVENTOR RIGHTS US Inventor wholeheartedly agrees with the following analysis by Justice Gorsuch in his dissent in Supreme Court Case 18-916 Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP issued April 20, 2020 GORSUCH, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 18–916 THRYV, INC., FKA DEX
THE KAPTUR-ROHRABACHER AMENDMENT TO THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT The Kaptur-Rohrabacher Amendment Courtesy of US Inventor AMERICA INVENTS ACT; Congressional Record Vol. 157, No. 91(House of Representatives - June 23, 2011) Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Rohrabacher The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No.
MATERIALS FOR INVENTOR RIGHTS ACTIVISM Get involved with Inventor Rights Activism Printable handouts to promote the Inventor Rights Act Inventor Rights Activism is a valuable component in our effort to restore patent rights to the rightful patent owner(s), as originally guaranteed in our U.S. Constitution and The Patent Act of 1790. Feel
INVENTOR LETTER TO NYDIA VELAZQUEZ RE: SUCCESS ACT Inventor Letter to Nydia Velazquez regarding the SUCCESS Act Download PDF– Combined Written Testimony from June 2019– Alexandria Oral Testimony from May 8, 2019– San Jose Oral Testimony from June 3, 2019– Detroit Oral Testimony from June 18, 2019 January 14, 2020 The
ASSESSING PTAB INVALIDITY RATES This PTAB Invalidity study utilizes queries in Docket Navigator, a service that reviews and classifies court decisions for various parameters. This service is widely used and cited by professionals in the patent industry. In this case I used the Patent Library and the Determinations code. Docket Navigator codes
US INVENTOR APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF BIPARTISAN INVENTOR RIGHTS ACT WASHINGTON, D. C. - December 19, 2019) - US Inventor is pleased to support the introduction of the bipartisan Inventor Rights Act, H. R. 5478 by Representatives Danny K. Davis (D-IL) and Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-AZ). We are extremely encouraged to have
PTAB JUDGE EXPERIENCE (PRELIMINARY REPORT) This PTAB Judge experience study has compiled the educational and technical experience of 163 current and former Patent Trial and Appeal Board Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) utilizing public records. 60% of APJs have ZERO technical experience and 76% have less than 3 years of technical
