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Tyler Bowen

Partner

Perkins Coie

Tyler Bowen is a partner in Perkins Coie where his practice focuses on patent and intellectual property litigation for technology companies. He has extensive experience representing clients in inter partes review proceedings before the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including serving as lead or backup counsel in over 30 IPRs. Tyler has represented petitioner and patent owner in at least a dozen IPRs for each party.

In addition, Tyler regularly works on significant patent infringement cases, advising both plaintiffs and defendants in federal courts throughout the United States. His experience includes handling issues relating to document discovery, claim construction, invalidity, noninfringement, damages, summary judgement and deposition practice. He is skilled in counseling clients on e-discovery issues concerning the collection, processing, review and production of large volumes of documents.

Tyler advises on IPR proceedings and patent infringement litigation relating to a variety of subject matters, including semiconductors, mobile telecommunications, cybersecurity, biotechnology and medical devices.

Recent Articles by Tyler Bowen

What Increased Success Rates for Amending Claims During Post-Grant Proceedings Means for Patent Litigation

As reported by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board here and by others, the motion to amend pilot program (see 84 Fed. Reg. 9497), which took effect in March 2019, has increased patent owners’ success in obtaining claim amendments during post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPRs). Specifically, the success rate for motions to amend has more than doubled under the pilot program to nearly 30% as compared to roughly 14% before the program. In fact, when patent owners use one of the options the Board added to motion to amend practice by way of the pilot program—seeking preliminary guidance and/or filing a revised motion to amend—the grant rate jumps to 36%. The graph below, taken from slide 24 of a Board presentation, reflects these data.