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
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
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…]
October, 21st, 2015
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: computer, PTAB, RCE, software, USPTO, whipgroup
After an unsuccessful appeal on a patent prosecution case inherited from another firm, Whitmyer IP Group filed a Request for Continued Examination (RCE), presenting a new set of claims based on careful analysis of the [Read More…]
October, 13th, 2015
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, USPTO, whipgroup
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
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
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…]
August, 28th, 2015
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
On August 28, 2015, Whitmyer IP Group’s attorneys secured a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversing all the Examiner’s rejections of the eighteen (18) claims pending in U.S. Patent Application No. [Read More…]
August, 6th, 2015
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, USPTO, whipgroup
On August 3, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied two petitions by Stryker Corporation for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,471,310 and 7,821,530, owned by Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. [Read More…]
July, 30th, 2015
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has been listed by Managing IP magazine as one of the most active law firms before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Attorneys Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr., Michael J. Kosma and Michael A. [Read More…]
May, 7th, 2015
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys Michael A. Lavine, Stephen F.W. Ball, Jr. and Robert D. Keeler have published a review of the US Patent Office’s evolving jurisdictional standards in so-called Covered Business Method (CBM) post-grant patent reviews. The [Read More…]
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