The Patent Lawyer | Making Patents More Resistant to Challenge in an AIA Trial

America Invents Act (AIA) trials are proceedings challenging patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office). Since AIA trials became effective on September 16, 2012, more than 14,000 AIA trials have been filed, and for those reaching a final written decision, the number of adverse decisions to a patent owner (PO) vastly exceeds the number of favorable decisions. A PO can take steps during prosecution and after grant to make patents more resistant to AIA trials.

Click here to read the full article written by Fabian Koenibauer that was first published in The Patent Lawyer. The article begins on page 76.