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USPTO Examination Guidance: Binding or Not

The United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issues Examination Guidance “for use by USPTO personnel in evaluating” patent applications during prosecution

19/06/2019 Eugene Goryunov, Kirkland & Ellis, US Kenneth Adamo, Kirkland & Ellis, US

AIA Estoppel In US District Court

The America Invents Act (“AIA”) created three post-grant patent challenges: IPR, CBMR, and PGR

29/03/2017 Eugene Goryunov, Kirkland & Ellis, US Kenneth R (Ken) Adamo, Kirkland & Ellis, US

Influence from the Top: Federal Circuit’s Influence on Post-Grant Review Trial Practice

The America Invents Act has significantly changed the patent litigation landscape in the U.S. It created the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) and three new principal post-grant review mechanisms: PGR, IPR, and CBMR (“PTAB Trials”)

24/06/2016 Eugene Goryunov, Kirkland & Ellis, US Kenneth R (Ken) Adamo, Kirkland & Ellis, US

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Expert	Practice area	Country
Arovas, Gregory S	Patents	US
Asimacopoulos, Kon M	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best (Global), Restructuring and Insolvency	United Kingdom
Baldwin, Steven	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Barrowes, Brooksany	Energy and Natural Resources, Women in Business Law	US
Bartram, Tom	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Bassi, Rajinder	Commercial Arbitration, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Ben-Ami, Leora	Best of the Best USA, Life Sciences, Patents, Women in Business Law	US
Berthou, Erica	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best USA, Investment Funds, Women in Business Law	US
Board, James	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Brock, Mike	Best of the Best USA, Litigation, Product Liability	US
Butler, Christopher	Banking and Finance, Banking, Finance and Transactional	US
Cendali, Dale	Best of the Best USA, Trademarks, Women in Business Law	US
Chaudhry, Rohit	Project Finance	US
Chun, Eunu	Best of the Best USA, Private Equity	US
Colbridge, Christopher	Commercial Arbitration	United Kingdom
Coltart, Katie	Life Sciences, Patents, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Dagg, Nicola	Life Sciences, Patents, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Dhundia, Aprajita	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Dolling, Justin	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds	Hong Kong
Ehrhart, Kevin M	Real Estate	US
Feng, Jennifer	Rising stars	Hong Kong
Filip, Mark	White Collar Crime	US
Foradas PC, Michael P	Insurance and Reinsurance	US
Gelli, Nadine	Tax, Women in Business Law	France
Gessner, Douglas C	Best of the Best USA, Private Equity	US
Godfrey, Richard	Litigation	US
Goldstein, Sandra C	Best of the Best USA, Litigation, Women in Business Law	US
Goryunov, Eugene	Best of the Best USA, Patents	US
Greenblatt, Nicole L	Best of the Best USA, Restructuring and Insolvency, Women in Business Law	US
Greene, Brian	Rising stars	US
Gregory, Ashley S	Banking and Finance, Banking, Finance and Transactional	US
Handler, David A	Best of the Best (Global), Best of the Best USA, Trusts and Estates	US
Hartmann, John F	White Collar Crime	US
Henes, Jonathan S	Best of the Best USA, Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Herfs, Achim	Capital Markets	Germany
Hickey Jr, John	Litigation	US
Higgins, David	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity	United Kingdom
Hirshman, Neil S	Best of the Best (Global), Best of the Best USA, Information Technology	US
Holscher, Mark	White Collar Crime	US
Hoyer Keller, Natalie	Best of the Best USA, Tax, Transfer Pricing, Women in Business Law	US
Hudson, Sophia	Best of the Best USA, Capital Markets, Women in Business Law	US
Hutson, Melissa J	Banking and Finance, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best USA, Women in Business Law	US
Jaquillard, Lindsey M	Rising stars	US
Kallos, Chris P	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds	US
Kieselstein, Marc	Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Kieselstein PC, Marc	Banking, Finance and Transactional	US
Kirchhoefer, Gregg	Information Technology	US
Kirson, Sarah E	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds, Women in Business Law	US
Korff, Joshua N	Best of the Best (Global), Best of the Best USA, Capital Markets	US
Kovner, Mark L	Best of the Best USA, Competition and Antitrust	US
Kuhns, Thomas O	Litigation	US
Lable, Cori A	White Collar Crime, Women in Business Law	Hong Kong
Laytin, Daniel E	Competition and Antitrust	US
Lee, Edward J	Mergers and Acquisitions	US
Levin PC, Jack S	Banking, Finance and Transactional	US
Levine, Russell E	Best of the Best USA, Patents	US
Lim, Daniel	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Liu, Carol G	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Investment Funds, Women in Business Law	Hong Kong
Lohmann Jr, Walter H	Capital Markets	US
Lucas, Stephen	Banking	United Kingdom
Maguire, Adrian	Private Equity	United Kingdom
Maynes, Todd F	Tax	US
McCormick, Steven D	Litigation	US
McDonald, Neil	Best of the Best (Global), Restructuring and Insolvency	Hong Kong
Monastyrskaya, Tatiana	Project Finance, Women in Business Law	US
Mullarkey, Rory	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Private Equity	United Kingdom
Muller, Ken W	Private Equity	US
Mutchnik, James H	Best of the Best USA, Competition and Antitrust	US
Myers, Linda K	Banking and Finance, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best USA, Women in Business Law	US
Naphtali, Kelly	Restructuring and Insolvency, Women in Business Law	Hong Kong
Napolitano, Steven V	Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity	US
Nolan, Elaine	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Norris, Nicholas	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions	Hong Kong
O'Neil, John R	Investment Funds	US
Ooi, Jin	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Pepper, Stacy	Rising stars	US
Perkins, Jennifer S	Best of the Best USA, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Women in Business Law	US
Plank, Leo	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency	Germany
Ptashek, Jay M	Banking and Finance, Banking, Finance and Transactional, Best of the Best USA	US
Riedel, Paula	Competition and Antitrust, Women in Business Law	United Kingdom
Rocap, Donald E	Tax	US
Royall, M Sean	Competition and Antitrust	US
Sachdev, Neel V	Banking	United Kingdom
Santhanam, Hari	Rising stars	US
Sathy, Anup	Banking, Finance and Transactional	US
Schlager, Ivan A	Best of the Best USA, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Telecommunications	US
Schneidman, Edward J	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance	US
Sharpe, Richard	White Collar Crime	Hong Kong
Sheffield, Jeffrey T	Tax	US
Shilling, Monica J	Private Equity, Women in Business Law	US
Small, Andrew D	Real Estate	US
Speier, Anthony	Best of the Best USA, Energy and Natural Resources	US
Sprayregen, James H M	Best of the Best USA, Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Steinmetz, Matthew E	Best of the Best USA, Private Equity	US
Stempel, James A	Banking, Finance and Transactional, Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Streff Jr, William A	Patents	US
Sussberg, Joshua A	Restructuring and Insolvency	US
Tumani, Satnam	White Collar Crime	United Kingdom
Volkheimer, Tim	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Weisser, Michael E	Best of the Best USA, Private Equity	US
Wilson, Thomas S	Rising stars	United Kingdom
Woronoff, Michael	Private Equity	US
Wright, Andrew L	Best of the Best USA, Investment Funds	US
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USPTO Examination Guidance: Binding or Not

AIA Estoppel In US District Court

Influence from the Top: Federal Circuit’s Influence on Post-Grant Review Trial Practice

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