Posts Tagged: "James Carmichael"

Webinar: PTAB Rules – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register, seeking public comment regarding a variety of issues relating to proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The deadline to comment is June 20, 2023, and the USPTO has signaled that no one should anticipate any additional…

Former APJ James Carmichael’s Firm Wins Most IPRs For Patent Owners at PTAB

A recent study by Patexia analyzing the win/loss record of 784 law firms representing patent owners in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) found that Carmichael IP had the highest win percentage. The study counted all decisions rendered in the past five years for firms that handled a significant number of IPRs before the Board. Carmichael IP ranked #1 out of the 784 qualifying law firms in the Patexia survey and Carmichael himself ranked third out of 5,000 individual attorneys.