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Michael R. Fleming Chief Administrative Patent Judge Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences United States Patent and Trademark Office ABA-IPL April 9, 2010
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BPAI Pendency and Workload FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 (Mid-Year) BPAI Pendency 8.1 months 7.0 months 11.8 months Pendency of BPAI Decided Appeals from Date of Reexamination Filing at USPTO 50.9 months 67.3 months 64.3 months Disposals 1 10 6 Docketed 4 15 13 Inventory 9 16 Inter Partes Reexam was NTP reexam ABA-IPL
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Applicable Inter Partes Reexamination Rules Examination procedure – 37 C.F.R. §§ Right of Appeal Notice – 37 C.F.R. § 1.953 - Page limits for briefs – 37 C.F.R. § 1.943(c) Appeal procedure – 37 C.F.R. §§ See flowcharts in MPEP § See also MPEP §§ ABA-IPL
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Appeal Proceeding Notice of Appeal and Cross Appeal – 37 C.F.R. § 41.61 Appellant’s Brief – 37 C.F.R. § 41.67 Respondent’s Brief – 37 C.F.R. § 41.68 Examiner’s Answer – 37 C.F.R. § 41.69 Rebuttal Brief – 37 C.F.R. § 41.71 Oral Hearing – 37 C.F.R. § 41.73 Decision – 37 C.F.R. § 41.77 Rehearing – 37 C.F.R. § 41.79 ABA-IPL
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Appeal Timeline ABA-IPL
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Appellant’s Brief Contents • Same as ex parte appeal brief - Real party in interest - Related appeals and interferences - Status of claims - Status of amendments - Summary of claimed subject matter - Issues to be reviewed on appeal - Argument - Claims appendix - Evidence appendix - Related proceedings appendix Certificate of service ABA-IPL
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Appellant’s Brief Limitations • No new amendment or evidence • Page limitation – 30 pages or 14,000 words ABA-IPL
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Respondent’s Brief Contents Real Party in interest Related appeals and interferences Status of claims Status of amendments Summary of claimed subject matter Issues to be reviewed on appeal Argument Evidence appendix Related proceedings appendix Certificate of service ABA-IPL
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Respondent’s Brief Limitations Arguments limited to issues raised in the appellant’s brief to which the respondent’s brief is directed A requester’s respondent brief may not address any brief of any other requester Page limitation – 15 pages or 7,000 words ABA-IPL
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Examiner’s Answer Contents As may be necessary: Explanation of invention claimed Explanation of references relied upon Grounds of rejection Reasons for patentability Limitations No new ground of rejection No new determination not to make a proposed rejection ABA-IPL
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Rebuttal Brief Contents • Patent Owner Arguments directed to issues raised in Examiner’s Answer and/or any Respondent Brief Requester Arguments directed to issues raised in Examiner’s Answer and/or Respondent Brief of Patent Owner Certificate of service ABA-IPL
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Rebuttal Brief Limitations • Requester - No new proposed ground of rejection - Arguments not directed to issues raised in the Respondent Brief of any other Requester • Page limitation – 15 pages or 7,000 words ABA-IPL
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Frequent Errors Notice of Appeal - Claims on appeal not identified Not signed Fee not paid Briefs (Appellant, Respondent and Rebuttal) Page limits exceeded Improper Summary of Claimed Subject Matter – claims not mapped to specification ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips for Inter Partes Reexamination Appeals ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Appellant’s Brief – not required but consider providing: Jurisdictional statement Table of contents Table of authorities ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Appellant’s Brief – arguments should be concise and focused Identify facts in dispute in separate section Identify pivotal claim language and explain resulting claim scope Explain why examiner erred Avoid repetitive and peripheral arguments ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Appellant’s Brief – arguments directed to why examiner erred Ex parte Belinne, Appeal , (BPAI Aug. 10, 2009) (Informative opinion) (“Appellants do not present any arguments to explain why the Examiner’s explicit fact finding is in error.”). ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Appellant’s Brief Clearly point out material facts relevant to why examiner erred Clearly point out claim language relevant to why examiner erred ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Proper claim construction Ex parte Catlin, Appeal No , (BPAI February 3, 2009) (Precedential opinion) (means plus function limitation indefinite where specification fails to disclose algorithm for programming general purpose computer to perform specified function). ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips KSR considerations Ex parte Fu, 89 USPQ2d 1115 (BPAI 2008) (expanded panel) (Precedential opinion) (One skilled in the art would anticipate success in substituting one species for another in its genus where the genus contains a limited number of species.). Ex parte Whalen, Appeal No , 2008 WL (BPAI July 23, 2008) (expanded panel) (Precedential opinion) (“Whalen II”) (A composition with a particular property at a high level is not rendered obvious by a prior art reference that teaches a similar composition and suggests that the property be minimized -- absent some reason to modify.). ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Ex parte Jellá, 90 USPQ2d 1009 (BPAI 2008) (expanded panel) (Precedential opinion) (declaration evidence of non-obviousness establish nexus between claimed subject matter and evidence evidence should be tied to functional not aesthetic aspects of claimed invention demand established by market share and not solely by gross sales long-felt need established by evidence that need was recognized by those of ordinary skill in the art) ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Oral hearing presentation The oral hearing is open to the public. The oral hearing is transcribed by a court reporter and made part of the official record. Make sure you are on time for the hearing. Remember you must clear security. ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Oral hearing preparations Identify your best argument in the Appellant’s Brief. Do not attempt to present every argument in the brief. Highlight the portions of the specification and the claim language that support your best argument. Identify the portions of the prior art that support your argument that the claim language distinguishes over the prior art. ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Oral hearing preparations Identify the weakness of your case. Be prepared to address this weakness directly. Be sure you are making arguments that are made in the Appellant’s Brief. ABA-IPL
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Practice Tips Questions at oral hearing Be prepared Do not view the Judge who is asking the question as an adversary to your appeal. View the question as an opportunity. Do not deny the undeniable - you only lose credibility. ABA-IPL
27 BPAI Questions? BPAI website: http://www.uspto.gov/
Click on Patents button 7 - “Appeal” BPAI Phone (571) Phone is staffed every day 8:30 to 4:00 ABA-IPL
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