Category: USPTO Patent Challenges

Patent Reexamination: How to Challenge Granted Patents Without Spending $1 Million

What is an ex parte (1-sided) patent reexamination request? Suppose you have at least $1,000,000 to spend challenging a patent. With such a sizable budget,…

How to challenge patents (with lower costs)

What are less expensive ways to challenge patents? As a patent attorney, it’s my job to protect innovation. Innovation is wonderful, but so is fair…

What is required in a petition for IPR?

What are IPR petition requirements? IPR stands for Inter Partes Review which is a proceeding held before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the…

How much does IPR cost?

A rough ballpark estimate of the costs of an inter partes review is approximately $300K to $600K.  That is by no means cheap, but may still…

Is IPR (Inter Partes Review) a Better Way to Defend a Patent Infringement Lawsuit?

Inter Partes Review, or IPR, is a mini-trial held before the USPTO’s Patent and Trial Appeal Board (PTAB) to cancel specific claims of a patent on the…

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