Accounting for Inter Partes Review: Patent Application Strategies for Optimising Patent Success in the U.S. Market

October 17, 2018 9:10am

Jon Singer
Principle
Fish & Richardson

Martina Hufnal
Principle
Fish & Richardson

John D. Murnane
Partner
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

  • Examining the inter partes review process and its applications
  • Survey and summary of results from the U.S. PTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Appellate Court (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)
    • Analysying the impact of these decisions on the pharma, biotech and medical device sectors
  • Examining successful IPR strategies and potential footfalls from recent cases
  • How to effectively incorporate IPR findings into the patent drafting process to ensure legitimacy in the U.S. courts?
  • Examining successful strategies and potential footfalls from recent case studies.