Patents: Post-Grant Podcast

Andy Zappia, Kim Coghill, and Bryan Smith discuss the new final rule issued for director review in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Andy Zappia, Meg O'Gara, and Duke Fitch discuss recent developments in obviousness-type double patenting and original patent requirements, and how they might impact strategies in post-grant proceedings.

In this episode, Troutman Pepper Partner Andy Zappia and Counsel Bryan Smith analyze the sanctions order made public on February 6 in the OpenSky v. VLSI IPR proceeding.

In this episode, Nick Gallo moderates a discussion with firm colleagues Andy Zappia and Bryan Smith on the increasingly active role of the USPTO director in inter partes and post-grant review proceedings, including through the director review procedure.

In this episode, Troutman Pepper Partner Andrew Zappia and attorneys Gunnar Leinberg and Christina Shifton discuss patent-eligible subject matter disputes under 35 USC Section 101 in IPR and PGR proceedings.

In the final installment of this three-episode series, Andy Zappia, Michael Goldman and Megan Thisse O'Gara discuss the mechanics and strategic considerations for using reexamination as a means to amend claims in IPR and PGR proceedings.

In this second installment of a three-episode series, Troutman Pepper Attorney Andy Zappia moderates a discussion with his colleagues Michael Goldman and Megan Thisse O’Gara, on the mechanics and best strategies for using reissue to amend claims in the context of IPR and PGR proceedings.

In this first of a three-episode series, Troutman Pepper's Andy Zappia, Michael Goldman, and Megan Thisse O'Gara discuss the pros and cons of reissue versus reexamination as a means to amend claims in the context of IPR and PGR proceedings.

In this episode, Maia Harris moderates a discussion with Andrew Zappia and Christina Shifton on discretionary denials under 35 USC Section 314, and what clients can expect under the new guidance.

Please join Troutman Pepper's Intellectual Property and Health Sciences Practice Group for the sixth installment of the podcast series focused on strategy, trends, and other happenings at the PTAB. In this episode, Maia Harris, a partner in the firm, moderates a lively discussion with fellow firm partners Frank Liu and Dustin Weeks. Our speakers discuss evidence of secondary consi