The Patent Trial and Appeal
Board (PTAB) has designated the following decision as precedential:
Athena Automation Ltd v. Husky Injection Molding System Ltd., IPR2013-00290, Paper 18 (PTAB Oct. 25, 2013), Section II.A.
This decision determines that the
doctrine of assignor estoppel is not an exception to 35 U.S.C. § 311(a), which
allows “a person who is not the owner of a patent” to file a petition for inter
partes review.
A PDF of this precedential decision can be
found on the USPTO website.
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