TRENDS AND TAKE-AWAYS IN PATENT LAW AND PATENT LITIGATION

A joint committee Meeting of the Patent Law and Patent Litigation Committees

Trends and Tidbits from the PTAB and

the Courts

Trends and Tidbits from the PTAB and the Courts

A Brave New World

Trends and Tidbits from the PTAB and the Courts

Is All Of This Action Supplanting Patent Reform?

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Patent Reform

• Innovation Act

• Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act

• STRONG Patents Act

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101 Decisions in the Wake of Alice

2 Years Be-fore Alice

Year Before Alice

Post-Alice05

101520253035404550

Denials

Grants

The Rising Use of 12(c) Motions for Deciding Patent Eligibility

Tips and Tricks To Asserting and Defending Motions at the District Court

Covered Business Method Review and How It Can Address 101 Issues

The Future is Ours

What Does the State of 101 Prosecution and Litigation

Mean for the Future of Patent Filers, Patent Holders,

and Patent Defendants

26% 28% 30%

47%

64%

67%

61%

Litigation and NPE Trends – The Defensive Perspective Favoring Alice

AIA EnactedSep 16 2011

Alice6/19/14

Source: RPX Corp.

The Alice Effect In Software Art Units

Source: Kate Gaudry, Kilpatrick Townsend

High Impact Art Units

3621-3629 3681-3695

Examiner Allowance Datafor High Impact AUs

3621 - Business Crypto

3622 - Incentive Programs, Coupons

3623 - Operations Research

3624 - Operations Research

3625 - E-Shopping

3626 - Health Care, Insurance

3627 - Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting

3628 - Cost/Price, Transportation, Reservations

3629 - Business Processing and Modeling, Workflow Management, Customer Service, Education Administration, HR/Employment, Social Networking, Personal Safety/Security, Product Rating/Recommendation

3620 - Electronic Commerce

3682 - Incentive Programs, Coupons

3682 - Operations Research, Voting

3684 - Operations Research, Voting

3685 - Business Crypto

3686 - Health Care, Insurance

3687 - Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting

3688 - Incentive Programs, Coupons

3689 - Business Processing, Cost/Price, Reservations

3691-95 – Finance & Banking, Accounting

3680 - Electronic Commerce

Examiner Allowance Data for High Impact Art Units

Source: Patent Advisor

0-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-100%

13

16 16

12

Distribution of Allowance Rates for 3621

Art Unit 3621 (Business Crypto): 65 Total Examiners 57 Examiners experienced with 50+ cases

Examiner Allowance Data for High Impact Art Units

Source: Patent Advisor

Art Unit 3627 (Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting): 60 Total Examiners 50 Examiners experienced with 50+ cases

0-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-100%

5

17

20

8

Distribution of Allowance Rates for 3627

Examiner Allowance Data for Low Impact Art Units

Source: Patent Advisor

Art Unit 3747 (Internal Combustion Engines): 59 Total Examiners 45 Examiners experienced with 50+ cases

0-25% 25-50% 50-75% 75-100%

2 2

16

25

Distribution of Allowance Rates for 3747