Patent Owner Granted Leave in IPR to Seek Correction of Claims Held Indefinite in Parallel District Court Litigation
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently granted a patent owner’s request to seek a certificate of correction for certain claims of a patent undergoing an inter partes review (“IPR”). In granting the request, the board ceded its exclusive jurisdiction to allow the patent owner to seek a certificate of correction from the Director under 35 U.S.C. § 255. In reaching its conclusion, the board answered in the affirmative the question of whether the patent owner had shown a sufficient basis that...
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP