Count Your Pages (the Board Does)

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In Shaw Industries Group, Inc. v. Automated Creel Systems, Inc., IPR2013-00584, Paper 34 (April 14, 2014), the patent owner filed observations on cross-examination that exceeded the 15 pages permitted by 37 C.F.R. § 42.24(a)(1)(v).  The Board expunged the filing, and gave the patent owner two days to file a substitute, limited to removing material from the original paper and not making any substantive changes or additions.

 

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About Bryan Wheelock

Education J.D., Washington University in St. Louis B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Duke University Bryan Wheelock's practice includes preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications and drafting of intellectual property agreements, including non-compete agreements. He has brought and defended lawsuits in federal and state courts relating to intellectual property and has participated in seizures of counterfeit and infringing goods. Bryan prepares and prosecutes U.S. and foreign patent applications for medical devices, mechanical and electromechanical devices, manufacturing machinery and processes, metal alloys and other materials. He also does a substantial amount of patentability searching, trademark availability searching and patent and trademark infringement studies. In addition to his practice at Harness Dickey, Bryan is an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law and Washington University School of Engineering.