Law360 | Time To Revisit A Little-Used Patent Tool

As a result of the America Invents Act, patentees have since September 2021 had the option to request supplemental examination, post-grant, to have the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office consider information that may be relevant to a patent.

While a review of USPTO's annual statistics for the past 10 fiscal years reveals that supplemental examination is not commonly used, patentees may nevertheless want to consider using this tool.

Click here to read the full article written by Fabian Koenigbauer and first published in Law360.