Patent Post-Grant Proceedings

Bochner PLLC protects and enhances the value of our clients’ innovations and designs in high-stakes, post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the USPTO.

High-Stakes Patent Protection at the PTAB

Bochner PLLC represents patent owners, challengers, and strategic stakeholders in post-grant and post-issuance patent proceedings before the USPTO. Our practice includes PTAB trials — inter partes review, post-grant review, derivation proceedings, and interference proceedings for pre-AIA matters — as well as related USPTO proceedings including ex parte reexamination, supplemental examination, and reissue applications.

A Proven Record of Success

Our results speak for themselves. We successfully defended a first-in-class medical device innovator against patent challenges from Apple, securing our client’s groundbreaking atrial fibrillation monitoring technology.

We also have extensive experience protecting clients from aggressive tactics by international competitors, invalidating infringing patents to protect their market share on platforms like Amazon. This is a critical and growing issue for brands, and our team is adept at navigating these complex disputes.

A Smarter, More Efficient Path

PTAB proceedings can provide a faster, more cost-effective alternative to litigating patent validity solely in district court. These proceedings allow clients to challenge asserted, blocking, or competitor patents, seek leverage in parallel litigation, and support high-stakes licensing or settlement strategies.

Comprehensive Post-Grant Capabilities

Our counsel extends to every facet of post-grant strategy. We provide critical patent validity, noninfringement, and freedom-to-operate (FTO) opinions and are deeply experienced across the full range of post-grant and post-issuance patent proceedings, including both PTAB trials and proceedings before the USPTO's examining corps.

PTAB Proceedings:

Inter Partes Review (IPR)
Post-Grant Review (PGR)
Derivation proceedings (AIA / first-inventor-to-file matters)
Interference proceedings (pre-AIA matters)