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SSJR has succeeded in securing a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences reversing all rejections issued by the Examiner of the USPTO. The patent application relates to a device for conditioning an insufflations gas. Patent issuance of all pending claims is expected in due course.

SSJR succeeded in securing a Notice of Allowance of all pending Claims of a patent application directed to an Endoscope for Fixing Optical Fibers Therein. Upon receiving a Final Rejection from the USPTO, SSJR filed an Appeal Brief and successfully convinced the Examiner, prior to submitting an Examiner’s Answer, to withdraw the rejections and […]

SSJR succeeded in securing reversal of the rejection of all claims issued by the examining division of the European Patent Office following an appeal to the Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office. The patent application relates to a touchscreen controller and interface for a video imaging system. Patent issuance […]

In March 2007, SSJR submitted a request to U.S. Patent Office for an Ex-Parte Reexamination of U.S. Patent Re. 35,449, owned by Fleetwood Group, Inc., citing prior art references believed to render many of the claims of the Fleetwood patent unpatentable and invalid. The U.S. Patent Office agreed with SSJR and issued final rejections […]

In early 2009, Astra Zeneca filed for a preliminary injunction in New Jersey District Court to prevent SSJR client Apotex from launching its generic version of AZ’s Pulmicort Respules (budesonide). AZ asserted among other things that Apotex’s launch would infringe the kit claims in U.S. Patent No. 6,598,603 and No. 6,899,099. The […]