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Reigning in Patent Reexamination Grant Rates
Claim Interpretation Practices in Patent Reexamination
As discussed over the past few months, the USPTO is considering various proposals in an attempt to streamline patent reexamination. The proposals of the speakers at the June 1 public meeting, as well as the webcast, are found (here).
Throughout the month of June, I have explained my own proposals to accelerate/improve patent reexamination. In past posts, I explained an alternative that the USPTO might consider to encourage Patentee cooperation with the Pilot Program to Waive a Patent Owner Statement in Ex Parte Patent Reexamination. More recently, I have discussed changes to petition practice for accelerating petition processing, and avoiding common petition issues when a Third Party withdraws from an inter partes patent reexamination.
With June drawing to a close, and with public comments due to the USPTO on the Streamline Proposals due today (June 29, 2011), this will be my final post of this multi-part series.
In this post I explain how a relatively common claim interpretation deficiency is overlooked by the USPTO, leading to unnecessary reexamination proceedings and expense for Patent Holders. Read the rest of this entry »
