The court of appeals agreed with VirnetX that the
Patent Board could not maintain two of those reexaminations, initiated by Apple, with respect to claims as to which there has been a prior "final decision" on patent validity entered by a federal court.
Thomas Jefferson, after some years as a member of the federal
Patent Board, wrote that "if nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it.
He previously served as Executive Director of the National
Patent Board, an ADR organization having Rules that he helped to draft.
Following the
patent board's ruling, the company will be in a position to ensure that Tecfidera will not have any competition from generic versions of the drug for four to five years, Reuters has reported, citing Muzuho analyst, Salim Syed.
The
patent board will be developing a large body of data that can perhaps yield patterns or insights for what went right, or what went wrong during the initial examination process.
Finally, the fact that the statute renames the
Patent Board of Appeals and Interferences, which is responsible for conducting the postgrant review proceedings, to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, further evinces that Congress intended the postgrant review proceedings to be effectuated by adversarial hearings.
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, Taiwan, has announced the company ranked 18th worldwide and number one among Taiwan's semiconductor industry in overall patent strength, according to the latest evaluation report by The
Patent Board. The international rating again attests to Macronix's achievement in long-term development of leading- edge technologies and products following the company's winning of the Contribution Award of the 2011 National Invention and Creation Award from the Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs.
US automaker General Motors has remained the top innovator among 184 companies ranked by the
Patent Board in its quarterly automotive and transportation industry scorecard.
With ingredients and product concepts like these, it's no wonder why in June, the
Patent Board, an independent provider of best practice research, tools and metrics for patent analysis and intellectual property investment, ranked DSM the ninth most innovative company in the chemical industry (up from its previous ranking of 38 out of 167).