Post-Grant and Inter Partes Review

In the hands of the experienced counsel at Barnes & Thornburg, these mechanisms can provide more cost-effective means to invalidate patents, limit issues for patent litigation and promote licensing or other negotiated settlements. We are well-versed in developing cost-effective and uniquely tailored legal teams comprised of seasoned patent litigators, patent prosecutors and post-grant practitioners for representations in administrative proceedings before the USPTO.

You can expect to work with a team of experienced patent practitioners with relevant technical knowledge and those with experience in pre- and post-AIA post-grant proceedings and oral argument at the USPTO, as well as patent litigators with experience before the USPTO and the federal courts. Our teams are well-positioned to provide effective counsel at each stage of an AIA post-grant proceeding, from preliminary diligence in consideration of bringing or defending an AIA proceeding through a USPTO hearing, and, if necessary, through an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Our petitioner and patent-owner clients turn to us for our knowledge of the distinctions between courtroom proceedings, USPTO practice, and the USPTO trial and appeals process, which we apply in ways that best serve the needs of each particular client.

Our breadth of experience allows us to develop pre- and post-grant strategies to achieve our clients- objectives, including protecting their intellectual property to maintain market advantages and licensing revenue; staying co-pending litigation; improving claim construction or non-infringement positions; reducing or enhancing damages; and leveraging settlement and dispute resolution positions.