Category Archives: Post-Grant Issues

USPTO Proposes Fee Increases Across the Board

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Warren Woessner

Predictably, the USPTO has proposed increasing fees for about every piece of “paper” they receive/require. While most of the increases are in the 5-10% range for routine prep/pros matter, some of the increases are much larger. These often seem strategic, … Continue reading →

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Is the Halo Broken Already?

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Warren Woessner

Last week Docket Navigator delivered a troubling headline regarding a recent District Court decision – “Invalidity Opinion Delivered After Product Launch No Defense to Willful Infringement.”  As a practitioner who regularly drafts non-infringement and invalidity opinions, this sort of headline … Continue reading →

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Broad Institute/MIT/Harvard CRISPR Patents Survive PTO Interference

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Warren Woessner

Yesterday, the PTAB in interference 106,048 issued a short order finding no interference- in- fact between the claims of 12 Broad Institute patents (US Patent Number 8,697,359 et al.) and the application held by  The Regents of the University of California … Continue reading →

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UCB v. Yeda R&D Co. – No “Safe Harbor” for Unamended Claims

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Warren Woessner

UCB sued Yeda for a DJ of non-infringement of US Patent No. 6,090,923 [Appeal No. 2015-1957 (Fed. Cir. September 8, 2016)].The main claim in question was directed to “A monoclonal antibody which specifically binds a human cytotoxin [having X properties].” … Continue reading →

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