The use of delaying tactics to obtain submarine patents and amend around a patent that a competitor has designed around

Article Abstract:

Efforts to prevent the use of submarine patents, or keeping a patent application active through the use of continuing applications or interference proceedings, will most likely consign them to history. The three solutions suggested as solutions to the submarine patent problem are limiting the patent term to 25 years from the date of filing, requiring the publication of patent applications 18 months from their date of filing, and preventing the addition of claims to a pending application when 35 USC 102(b) would have barred this material in a new application.

Laws, regulations and rules, Patent licenses, Patent licensing, Powers and duties

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Interference statistics for fiscal years 1989 to 1991

Article Abstract:

Statistics are presented for 592 out of 614 patent interferences by the US Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences for fiscal 1989, 1990 and 1991. There are four divisions of statistics: junior applicant vs senior patentee, senior applicant vs junior patentee, junior applicant vs senior applicant and three or more parties. The biggest change in the statistics shows a twofold increase in design interferences compared to fiscal 1986, 1987 and 1988.

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Forum shopping in patent cases: does geographic choice affect innovation?

Article Abstract:

Patent holders often "shop" for favorable jurisdictions for litigation, moving toward a small group of districts which thus have a disproportionate number of patent cases. Some of these districts do offer patent holders a better chance to win or to attain settlement more quickly, but others seemingly have no advantage.

California, Statistical Data Included, Jurisdiction, United States. District Courts

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