August 16, 2016
A case the Federal Circuit has decided to consider en banc has the potential to lower the high bar patent owners now face when trying to amend their claims in America Invents Act reviews, boosting the chances that patents will emerge from the popular proceedings with viable claims.
August 12, 2016
The full Federal Circuit decided Friday to review the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's controversial rules governing amendments to patents in America Invents Act reviews, agreeing to rehear a case a patent owner said shows the PTAB has "unduly restricted" the ability to amend patents.
July 07, 2016
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office urged the Federal Circuit Wednesday to deny a bid by Aqua Products to reconsider en banc a decision that validated the office's process for amending patents in the face of the company's arguments the agency's regulations are too stringent and convoluted.
June 06, 2016
Patent owner Aqua Products Inc. on Monday told the full Federal Circuit that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has "unduly restricted" the ability to amend patents in America Invents Act reviews by assigning patent owners the burden of proof, which the company said should be on petitioners.
May 25, 2016
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision not to allow Aqua Products Inc. to amend the claims of its pool cleaner patent, saying that the board did not abuse its discretion by not considering evidence that the new claims are not obvious.