![]() Waiting until the last minute-without explanation-is ill advised and had Petitioner not done so, any alleged delays caused by ‘technical issues’ would have been moot. and the payment receipt for IPR282 issued at 12:09 a.m. The payment receipt for IPR281 ultimately issued at 12:01 a.m. ![]() The technical difficulties continued and, after petitioners submitted the documents for IPR281 and IPR282, the related payments were rejected. After experiencing technical difficulties, a filing receipt for the papers filed the first proceeding IPR2015-00280 was issued at 11:11 p.m. Petitioner’s law firm began the process of electronically filing the petition documents for three separate IPRs at 9:45 p.m. Indivior Inc., formerly known as Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc., was identified as the exclusive licensee of Monosol’s patents at issue.Īccordingly, the statutory bar date for IPR281 and IPR282 was December 3, 2015. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Civil Action 14-1451 (D. The parties agreed that a Complaint had been served on Decemin Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc., RB Pharmaceuticals Limited, et al v. In an order entered on May 23, 2016, institution was denied in both proceedings as barred by the one year statutory bar of 35 U.S.C. Additionally service had not been completed before the midnight deadline. The documents were electronically filed but proof of payment of filing fees were one minute and nine minutes late, respectively. Institution was denied in two IPR proceedings on the grounds that the petitions were filed more than one year after petitioner was served with a complaint alleging patent infringement. Hartzell on Posted in Institution / Denial, Trial Procedures Our access to several libraries and databases gives us the ability to identify and obtain any hard-to-find non-patent literature for you with ease.By Julianne M. We can also provide copies of relevant non-patent literature such as journal articles and scientific reports. Should you need file histories for US patents issued before mid-2003, or foreign patent file histories that are not available for free, Legal Advantage LLC can order them through the earliest possible route and have them delivered to you for a competitive fee. ![]() The same goes for foreign patent file histories-if we find them for free, we deliver them for free. If the file wrapper in question is available in the Public PAIR database, we deliver it to our clients at no cost. We’re often asked by clients to provide the file history of a recent US patent. However, bear in mind that US patent applications and any subsequent prosecution details were made electronically available only in mid-2003, so only the file histories of patents issued after this date can be downloaded from the Public PAIR database. If you need to obtain a US patent file history, we recommend that you first check the Public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) system of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). If you have questions regarding patent file histories, hard-to-find non-patent literature, and other documents for your legal support needs, call our office at (301) 637-6180 or fill out our inquiry form today. This becomes especially useful should the patent be subject in future to any litigation or infringement issues. In critical instances, it acts as a map of sorts for inventors, investors, financiers, and business owners, providing insight into how the patent’s validity was evaluated. This includes all initial application documentation all cited prior art all office actions and documents all statements and interview summaries and any other relevant communications: objections, reexaminations, rejections, responses, amendments, etc.Ī patent file history is important whether or not the application in question was ultimately accepted or rejected. ![]() A patent file history-also known as a file wrapper or prosecution history-is a record of all communications and documentations involved in the prosecution or patent examination process.
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