Oct 23, 2009
PTO Seeks to Dispose of Case Challenging Its Rules for Appealing Re-Examinations
The PTO is fighting a challenge to regulations governing appeals of agency re-examinations of issued patents. The case, brought by German company Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH in the Eastern District of Virginia in August, challenges the PTO’s rules for appealing PTO decisions on ex parte re-examination proceedings.