New USPTO Rules for Post-Grant Proceedings
Meeting the New Requirements for Post-Grant and Inter Partes Reviews and Supplemental Examination
New rules effective Sept. 16
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
The CLE webinar will provide guidance for counsel to IP owners on changes to implement for inter partes review proceedings, post-grant review proceedings, and the transitional program for covered business method patents. The panel will outline strategic considerations for post-grant practice.
Outline
I. The final rules
II. Inter partes review
III. Post-grant review
IV. Strategic considerations
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- How has post-grant practice been transformed since the America Invents Act?
- How do the new rules impact the strategic use of post-grant proceedings parallel to litigation?
- What are the relevant deadlines and best practices for the new post-grant review process?
Following the speaker presentations, you'll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
Faculty
Scott A. McKeown
Partner
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Mr. McKeown focuses on post-grant counseling, litigation and related prosecution issues. He leads the... | Read More
Mr. McKeown focuses on post-grant counseling, litigation and related prosecution issues. He leads the Reexamination/Reissue team responsible for electronics, wireless communications, software and computer-related inventions and business methods. He handles post-issuance proceedings at the USPTO including reissue applications, ex parte and inter partes reexamination proceedings and appeals to the BPAI.
CloseGreg H. Gardella
Partner
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Mr. Gardella focuses on post-grant patent proceedings, patent prosecution, strategic counseling, due diligence... | Read More
Mr. Gardella focuses on post-grant patent proceedings, patent prosecution, strategic counseling, due diligence investigations, and pre-suit investigations. He leverages his extensive litigation background to focus on adversarial post-grant USPTO proceedings. He has handled a significant amount of high-profile patent reexamination disputes, such as the defense of the famous TiVo time warp patent.
CloseJessica J. Harrison
Technical Advisor
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Prior to joining the firm, she served over 24 years at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She served as a... | Read More
Prior to joining the firm, she served over 24 years at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She served as a supervisory patent examiner in the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU), where her management oversight focused on software and business method patent reexamination proceedings. At the firm, she is a post grant proceedings specialist.
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