March, 15th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup’s article regarding Ex Parte patent appeals was published on March 15, 2016 by Law360. The article entitled “Using Ex Parte Patent Appeals To Advance Prosecution” discusses the appeal process and how appeals may be [Read More…]
March, 10th, 2016
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On March 10, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted an inter partes review (IPR) of all claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,420,151 (“the ‘151 patent”), which is directed to short wavelength visible [Read More…]
February, 9th, 2016
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
The USPTO recently announced its plans to continue the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP) through September 30, 2016. The AFCP was introduced by the USPTO as an initiative to improve the efficiency of the [Read More…]
January, 12th, 2016
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WHIPgroup attorneys file a large number of patent prosecution highway (PPH) petitions. The PPH is a set of initiatives designed to accelerate patent prosecution by allowing participating patent offices to benefit from one another’s opinions [Read More…]
November, 17th, 2015
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Whitmyer IP Group’s attorneys secured a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversing all prior art rejections in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/500,421. The claims relate to an industrial robot having at [Read More…]
November, 5th, 2015
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Whitmyer IP Group often represents corporations with over a hundred years of history or having thousands of employees, but they also save a few seats at the table for even the smallest of startups. Recently, [Read More…]
November, 2nd, 2015
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Whitmyer IP Group’s attorneys secured a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversing all rejections of the pending claims in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/560,661. The claims relate to wireless command microphone [Read More…]
October, 13th, 2015
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In September 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied four more petitions by Stryker Corporation (SYK) for inter partes review of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,471,310, 7,821,530, 7,844,657, and 8,439,821, owned by Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, [Read More…]
September, 8th, 2015
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On September 1, 2015 Whitmyer IP Group filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on behalf of its client for Inter Partes Review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 7,420,151 (“the [Read More…]
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