August 05, 2025
The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on Tuesday stood by her first-ever decision that an older patent shouldn't have to face Patent Trial and Appeal Board scrutiny.
July 08, 2025
A heart monitoring company told the acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director that it shouldn't be barred from challenging a patent just because the company had known about it for 12 years, especially when the owner didn't assert it during that time.
July 08, 2025
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart inundated the patent community in May and June with dozens of rulings altering the landscape of discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here, Law360 goes through what you should know.
June 10, 2025
The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's decision on Friday to reject patent challenges due to the petitioner's long-standing knowledge of a patent has many attorneys bracing for either a massive rise or dip in Patent Trial and Appeal Board filings.
June 06, 2025
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart on Friday turned away a series of challenges to Welch Allyn Inc.'s heart monitor patents, determining petitioner iRhythm Technologies Inc. should have disputed them much earlier.