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The fastest way to obtain issuance of a U.S. utility patent is Track One Prioritized Examination offered by the USPTO. Using this procedure, SSJR obtained a patent for a client in six months from filing to grant (U.S. Pat. No. 8,456,109; Lighting System). Ordinary processing of such an application could […]

The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences has reversed all Examiner rejections to claims of a patent application prosecuted by SSJR. The Board agreed with SSJR’s arguments that the Examiner failed to show a combination of references rendered obvious pending claims directed to a quick release valve for a vehicle […]

SSJR has secured an additional $2 million bond from AstraZeneca, adding to an existing $60 million bond, to allow recovery of damages and costs sustained by SSJR client Apotex as a result of an injunction improvidently issued by the District Court. If the trial court’s recent decision that the AstraZeneca’s […]

SSJR congratulates its client, Dr. Leonard Flom, on his induction in the U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes those whose work have had a major impact on society, the public welfare, and the progress of science. Dr. Flom is being recognized for his work in […]

On April 4, 2013, the District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed, with prejudice, a patent infringement lawsuit that had been brought against SSJR’s client Monsieur Touton Selection, Ltd. (“Touton”). Touton was sued by Lamina Packing Innovations, LLC, for infringement of two patents related to laminated cartons […]