Patents: Post-Grant Podcast

Supplemental Examination: A Tool Worth Further Consideration

Episode Summary

In this episode Maia Harris talks with Troutman Pepper Partner Michael L. Goldman and Associate Megan Thisse O’Gara who discuss the basics of supplemental examinations and provide insights for patent owners considering this option. Our speakers also cover the use of supplemental examination to dispose of validity challenges or duty of candor concerns, why a patent owner might file a supplemental examination, timing considerations, and what happens if reexamination is the next step.

Episode Notes

In this episode Maia Harris talks with Troutman Pepper Partner Michael L. Goldman and Associate Megan Thisse O’Gara who discuss the basics of supplemental examinations and provide insights for patent owners considering this option. Our speakers also cover the use of supplemental examination to dispose of validity challenges or duty of candor concerns, why a patent owner might file a supplemental examination, timing considerations, and what happens if reexamination is the next step.