A petition for IPR must meet certain statutory requirements and include the following contents: payment of the USPTO fee; identification of all real parties in interest; grounds for standing; identification of each challenged claim and the basis for its invalidity (Section 102 or 103); claim construction for each challenged claim; specific explanations of the relevance of […]
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How much does IPR cost?
A rough ballpark estimate of the costs of an inter partes review is approximately $300K to $600K. That is by no means cheap, but may still be considered a bargain compared to the costs of defending a patent infringement litigation in federal court which could easily reach $1-4 million or more. If an IPR is instituted, USPTO […]
Is IPR (Inter Partes Review) a Better Way to Defend a Patent Infringement Lawsuit?
Inter Partes Review, or IPR, is a mini-trial held before the USPTO’s Patent and Trial Appeal Board (PTAB) to cancel specific claims of a patent on the grounds of invalidity – i.e., that the patent claims nothing new in view of the prior art. The timeframe, scope of discovery and costs of an IPR are significantly lesser than those […]