Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy | Ziba | Connections Activity https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/members/zibaeb/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Ziba's connections. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:22:47 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.7.10 en-US 30 hourly 2 e1965ee268d77949d1487976145f72d1 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:57:52 +0000 MPEP Summary Overview

Chapter Number Title Brief Description Main Keywords 100 Secrecy, Access, National Security, and Foreign Filing Covers procedures related to national security, access to confidential information,…

]]> 0ae932c9706114c586bd1fb784ff4307 Bryan posted a new post, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:30:32 +0000 0 da13e5ad556e47ba885d01e1e1f0a6e2 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:01:52 +0000 Knowledge vs. Skills: The Twin Pillars of Success

Passing the USPTO Patent Bar Exam requires a deliberate balance of two equally important components: knowledge and skill. Focusing on one without developing the other…

]]> be6e1fd3fa4e0be4e8b4502c1836f705 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:57:27 +0000 Practice Question Analysis

Ensure you actively analyze your answers—especially incorrect ones—to maximize learning, sharpen exam strategy, and improve decision-making on the USPTO Patent Bar Exam. Progress is not…

]]> 7c1be79546501c1df4e58a7ae2589485 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:56:53 +0000 The Importance of Consistency in Patent Bar Preparation

Regular, consistent study sessions is a core strategy for retaining MPEP content and performing reliably on the USPTO Patent Bar Exam. Passing this exam is…

]]> 214f3336da11183b3a95982329b5b033 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:56:17 +0000 Active Study Techniques for the Patent Bar

We equip you with study techniques that directly support how the USPTO Patent Bar Exam is tested—helping you retain core MPEP concepts, recognize question patterns,…

]]> 18fa167c23a0031e589fc392c352cf7e Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:55:35 +0000 Setting a Study Schedule for the Patent Bar

Wysebridge is intentionally structured so you do not need to guess what to study or when. The curriculum is ordered to reflect how the exam…

]]> 409b4daef3641c0d4fe38ea5b7c6187d Bryan posted a new module, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/?post_type=sfwd-courses&p=56150 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:26:13 +0000 005de40a99df1fb2f4463136b942718e Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:11:02 +0000 When filing electronically, what is the date of receipt of a document submitted to the PTAB?

Ex parte appeal filings may be made through Patent Center.  The time and date of receipt of a document filed via Patent Center is the…

]]> 18c0d29fffb991ec1c57c6fcd6e0d753 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:10:52 +0000 What if my expert or affiant is unable to provide a written signature on a declaration or affidavit in a proceeding before the Board?

As with counsel, an expert or affiant may sign a document electronically by providing a typed name between two forward slashes (e.g., /Dr. James T.…

]]> 12d44b9e8ace3eefbbc3f008b603a805 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:10:43 +0000 Does the Board require depositions to be conducted in-person?

No.  Parties may conduct video and telephonic depositions as well as in-person depositions.  Parties to proceedings before the Board are encouraged to meet and confer…

]]> a5551f7d540895ebf49e40987aab084d Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:10:32 +0000 May service of an AIA petition and supporting evidence be made electronically by email?

Under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.105(a) and 42.205(a), an AIA petition and supporting evidence must be served on the patent owner at the correspondence address of…

]]> 56cc888cb2a6c8d521d4b8fbacd8675d Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:10:23 +0000 How can I monitor a case at the PTAB?

To monitor the status of your application or PTAB proceeding:a)    Ex parte appeals – use Public Pair: https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPairb)    AIA proceedings – use P-TACTS:…

]]> 5e8f6686fa1dd3fca3e105bf2e18e240 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:10:08 +0000 What happens if P-TACTS is down?

If you have a deadline for filing an AIA petition and/or other associated documents in a pending AIA case and you cannot file electronically via…

]]> 2e5c06804b4c1e8391048269b6918fd4 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:09:58 +0000 Where do I go to file PTAB documents electronically?

Ex parte appeal filings may be made electronically through Patent Center: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center.   AIA proceeding filings may be made via P-TACTS:…

]]> 1c26f4c38028a61f9a0be0741a49411d Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:09:50 +0000 What are the additional requirements for paper filings in AIA and interference proceedings?

In order to file paper submissions in some PTAB proceedings, additional requirements apply. For example, AIA and interference paper submissions must be accompanied by a…

]]> d850d1aee6f39e4471f3d7801f511ad0 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:09:27 +0000 Are paper filings available for PTAB documents?

Although electronic filings are strongly encouraged, paper filings are available if needed. Applicants and parties should be aware, however, that it is possible that delays…

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]]> e8a83699b3e5dabf1866644a25953ee4 Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:08:45 +0000 cf125b9f22cf2bdd6955f4475fe01a17 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:08:28 +0000 Summary

A derivation proceeding is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to determine whether (i) an inventor named in an earlier application derived the claimed…

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The transitional program for covered business method patents (TPCBM) is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more…

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Post grant review is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent on any…

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Timelines are the same for IPR, PGR, CBM and derivation (DER) proceedings:   Inter partes review is a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to…

]]> 399e7aa89d54234b84b104e383edad0c Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:07:49 +0000 01c87dd8e6e7c841c1e4971a3c214963 Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:07:39 +0000 cedbe62cb1c2949bc4200f244693b5ce Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:07:32 +0000 9ec557fd8a881408c639da1aed99bb02 Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:07:26 +0000 532db618b18cf6fe38f8c62af480a060 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:06:55 +0000 Final rule changing claim construction standard for interpreting claims in AIA trial proceedings

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a final rule changing the claim construction standard applied during inter partes review (IPR), post-grant…

]]> e42cab0051328e6a09f95aeb1850115c Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:06:39 +0000 dae0a531b9918cd2613445f6c11af640 Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:06:30 +0000 760d74125cb2e7169435a85d8677ecef Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:06:04 +0000 Precedential Decisions (recent)
  • Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse, Inc. (§ II.E.3) IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (March 10, 2023) (designated: November 15, 2023) [AIA – clarifying the distinction between pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) and AIA 35…
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PTAB precedential and informative decisions are organized by subject matter in the accordion below. Recently designated decisions appear in the first panel. Archived decisions include…

]]> 80adeae738318e4271354984848cb9ec Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:05:48 +0000 Precedential and informative decisions ]]> e23c353c907d7d41915ee85b20578e42 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:05:10 +0000 Trials

For AIA trials and Interferences, a party may request oral argument on an issue raised in a paper at a time set by the Board.…

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For appeals, a request for oral hearing must be filed as a separate paper and the required fee must be paid within the appropriate time…

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AIA/31 Notice of Appeal
AIA/32 Request for Oral Hearing Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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No request for rehearing from a decision on rehearing is permitted unless the rehearing decision so modified the original decision as to become, in effect,…

]]> 08ce4b74d6db32fa0cc5c2c091e86485 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:03:00 +0000 How to file a request for rehearing

The request for rehearing must state with particularity the points believed to have been misapprehended or overlooked by the Board.  Arguments not raised, and Evidence…

]]> 64f6bf1f05ba3d812ebe8b3ed86c7301 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:02:52 +0000 When to file a request for rehearing

An appellant may file a request for rehearing within two (2) months of the date of the original decision of the Board.  37 CFR 41.52(a)(1).

]]> 2f89ea6e2601ca5fa831348a20279a71 Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:02:44 +0000 06dddeb18e4eb9a87dad1f6cdba2678e Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:02:34 +0000 Reversed

A complete reversal of the examiner’s rejection(s) brings the case up for immediate action by the examiner.  The examiner should not regard a reversal as…

]]> d4098396164546f66a1a715d06866e41 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:02:27 +0000 Affirmed-in-part

The decision reverses all of the examiner’s rejections pertaining to at least one, but not all, of the claims.

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To continue prosecution of the application, an amendment can be filed after the Board’s decision which presents a new or amended claim or claims along…

]]> 7558c35bdadd57c964002221876c867f Bryan posted a new lesson, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/lessons/lesson/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:02:08 +0000 79ae1d3761788c17fa603f8c6149f743 Bryan posted a new topic, on the site Wysebridge Patent Bar Academy https://wysebridge.com/patent-bar-academy/topic/topic-5/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:01:49 +0000 Conducting an Oral Hearing

June 23, 2022 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) plans to re-establish in-person hearings starting July 11, 2022, at the United States Patent and…

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