The recent decision by the Federal Circuit in Honeywell International Inc. v. 3G Licensing, S.A., issued on January 2, 2025, overturned the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“the Board”) factual and legal holdings in the final written decision of IPR2021-00908. In this article, we delve into the court’s holding and its impact on upcoming patent

At the end of each fiscal year running from October 1 through September 30, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) provides a summary of its trial statistics. [1] This information provides practitioners with useful insight into trends at the PTAB regarding petitions filed, institution rates, and outcomes. This blog post highlights the statistics and

At the end of October, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) issued a final written decision in PGR2023-00023, finding all claims of a patent owned by Halliburton Energy Services unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

Profrac Holding Corp and U.S. Well Services, LLC filed a petition for post grant review of all claims

The Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act was introduced on June 22, 2023, with the aim to reform the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).  The PREVAIL Act serves as a supplement to the proposed STRONGER Patents Act, introduced in 2019.

The drafters have identified three key goals of the

The food tech industry has grown rapidly in the last ten years due to innovations in the alternative animal product space and a growing customer desire for more sustainable options.[1] With this rapid growth and an increasing number of entrants to the field comes an increased likelihood of intellectual property clashes. In this article,

In Intel Corporation v. Pact XPP Schweiz AG, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) reversed and remanded the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”). In the decision, the Federal Circuit rejected the Board’s rigid application of the “motivation-to-combine” analysis that required an element from one reference must provide