IPRs & Other Post-Grant Proceedings
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We have been extraordinarily successful in achieving positive outcomes for clients across many industries — particularly the automotive, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications sectors. Substantial experience in patent prosecution and litigation, coupled with our technical backgrounds, makes Mintz the ideal counsel to handle your post-grant proceedings. Elm 3DS hired us to save their patents after petitions were instituted against them — and we preserved 105 of 107 claims in that group of 15 IPRs.
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Managing Intellectual Property
Massachusetts IP practice included among MIP’s “Top Patent Firms” (2019)
IAM Strategy 300
Two attorneys recognized among "The World's Leading IP Strategists" (2017 - 2020)
Chambers USA
Intellectual Property Practice ranked in Massachusetts (2019)
Patexia
Recognized among the Top 50 firms for IPR work
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has made it clear that it won’t simply rubber-stamp issued patents. The majority of patents challenged before the PTAB have had at least one claim invalidated through these IPR proceedings. If your patent is under threat, or you need to defend yourself from claims of infringement, we will leverage our best strategies for winning on the merits — and our knowledge of the technical ins and outs of the board’s complex procedures — to help you secure a victory.
We've helped our patent owner clients prevail in more than 87% of the IPRs we've handled on their behalf, including denials of institution. We've preserved validity of claims in 83% of patent owner IPRs that have been instituted. By comparison, the industry average is only 35%, according to USPTO IPR statistics as of July 31, 2018. Our team also achieved the first complete reversal and remand of a PTAB decision against a patent owner at the Federal Circuit.
- Inter partes review
- Post-grant review
- Covered business methods
- Derivation proceedings
- Ex parte reexamination
- Supplemental examination
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- Biomechanical Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Pharmaceuticals
- Systems Engineering
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
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The Mintz Intellectual Property Team authored the USA Chapter in "Patents 2021", International Comparative Legal Guides' annual publication providing cross-border insight into patent law.
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