JD Supra

Non-Application Of Interference Estoppel By PTAB In An IPR Institution Decision Found To Be Unreviewable

On July 22, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (the “PTAB”) decision not to apply interference estoppel and, therefore, to institute ...
GEN

Sigma-Aldrich Petitions for Interference Between 3 Applications, UC Patents for CRISPR Methods in Eukaryotic Cells

Sigma-Aldrich has opened a potential new front in the bitter legal wrangle over who invented CRISPR gene-editing technology by seeking an interference between three pending patent applications and ...
The National Law Review

AIA Patent Claims Canceled by Pre-AIA Application Interference

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Reuters

Absence of interference proceedings post-AIA: weighing costs and benefits of PTAB challenges for earlier patent filers

September 28, 2023 - The post-America Invents Act (AIA) landscape has fundamentally changed how inventors with patents can challenge later-filed patents with overlapping or similar claims as their own ...
JD Supra

Berkeley Files Substantive Motion No. 2 to be Accorded Benefit to Earlier Priority Application in Interference

On October 14th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier; collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Motion No. 1 to be awarded ...