Jonathan Bowser of Haynes Boone discusses the USPTO's new "Pre-Order Procedure" for ex parte reexaminations, and its controversial waiver of rules that previously limited patent owner participation.
Under 35 U.S.C. § 303(a), the USPTO has just three months from the filing of a reexamination request to determine whether a substantial new question of patentability (SNQ) exists. Until now, the ...
Ex parte reexamination proceedings now have a new twist: patent owners will have the option to file a pre-order paper before the Office determines whether a substantial new question of patentability ...
The Supreme Court has set aside a series of ex parte orders issued by the Court of Appeal in a long-running dispute involving ...
Tribunal could not  recall and restore an appeal dismissed ex parte under Rule 24 of the ITAT Rules, 1963, when assessee ...