Recent developments in post-grant review preceedings

AUGUST 2017

Author

Krista E. Bianco
Kassandra Officer

Finnegan LLP

Presentation

254th ACS National Meeting – Washington, D.C.
“Recent Developments Regarding Post-Grant Challenges at the United States Patent & Trademark Office”

Abstract

This presentation will examine recent decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerning the obviousness analysis for chemical and pharmaceutical patents, defenses to post-grant review proceedings, and the scope of the estoppel provision, among other recent developments.