{"id":25014,"date":"2019-03-06T08:22:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipo.org\/?p=25014"},"modified":"2019-04-12T08:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:23:40","slug":"prohibiting-ptab-from-entering-adverse-judgment-against-patent-owners-pre-institution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipo.org\/index.php\/prohibiting-ptab-from-entering-adverse-judgment-against-patent-owners-pre-institution-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prohibiting PTAB from Entering Adverse Judgment against Patent Owners Pre-Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"

RESOLVED<\/em>, that IPO supports an amendment to 37 C.F.R. \u00a7 42.73(b) as follows (strikeout\u00a0indicates deletion, underscoring indicates addition):<\/p>\n

\u201cA party may request judgment against itself at any time\u00a0<\/span>after institution<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>during a\u00a0<\/span>proceeding<\/del>
\ntrial<\/span>. Actions construed to be a request for adverse judgment include:<\/p>\n

(1) Disclaimer of the involved application or patent;
\n(2) Cancellation or disclaimer of a claim such that the party
\nhas no remaining claim in the trial;
\n(3) Concession of unpatentability or derivation of the
\ncontested subject matter; and
\n(4) Abandonment of the contest.\u201d<\/p>\n

FURTHER RESOLVED, that IPO supports amendments to 37 C.F.R. \u00a742.107(e) and
\n\u00a742.207(e) as follows:<\/p>\n

(e) Disclaim Patent Claims. The patent owner may file a statutory disclaimer under 35
\nU.S.C. 253(a) in compliance with \u00a7 1.321(a) of this chapter, disclaiming one or more claims
\nin the patent.\u00a0<\/span>When such disclaimer is filed prior to institution of a trial, such disclaimer shall<\/span>
\nnot be construed as a request for an adverse judgment under 37 C.F.R. 42.73(b).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>No inter
\npartes review will be instituted based on disclaimed claims.<\/p>\n

FURTHER RESOLVED, that IPO does not currently take a position on whether the U.S.
\nPatent and Trademark Office had authority to adopt 37 C.F.R. \u00a7 42.73(d)(3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RESOLVED, that IPO supports an amendment to 37 C.F.R. \u00a7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board_resolutions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProhibiting PTAB from Entering Adverse Judgment against Patent Owners Pre-Institution - Intellectual Property Owners Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipo.org\/index.php\/prohibiting-ptab-from-entering-adverse-judgment-against-patent-owners-pre-institution-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prohibiting PTAB from Entering Adverse Judgment against Patent Owners Pre-Institution - 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