We advise clients on how to secure patent protection for inventions — and how best to take advantage of the inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) procedures established by the America Invents Act. Troutman Pepper is currently handling, or has resolved more than 220 IPR matters, and was named by Docket Navigator as one of the top firms in the nation in Patent Trial and Appeal Board matters.
Our IP team is experienced in counseling, advice, and representation when clients want to secure patents or need to defend patents against a challenge. We are a go-to firm for companies contemplating a challenge to an issued patent. With backgrounds in patent prosecution and/or litigation across many industries, we are experienced in all aspects of patent preparation and prosecution as well as administrative post-grant reviews of patents: ex parte reexaminations, inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, reissue application, derivation proceedings, and covered business method reviews.
Successful IP counseling calls for attorneys that have the ability to draft, prosecute, and defend client’s patent rights as well as the capability to challenge third-party patent rights across a wide spectrum of technologies, especially in the high-tech, biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device fields. Our team includes seasoned attorneys with doctorates in physics, chemistry, and medicine — as well attorneys with advanced degrees in engineering.
Post-grant proceedings are not the right solution for every situation or every client. Our experience in representing both patent owners and patent challengers helps clients make informed decisions on how to proceed. For companies seeking to enter a new field or market a new product, we can provide patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions. For patent owners, in addition to defending clients in post-grant proceedings, we understand how to use reexamination and reissue options.
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Disputing Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in PGRs and IPRs
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Reexamination in IPR and PGR Practice
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Reissue in IPR and PGR Practice