Preview of the Patent Review Processing System for the AIA Board Proceedings

I just returned from a focus session at the PTO previewing the PTAB Patent Review Processing System's web interface and providing feedback, as part of a focus group. This is the interface that the PTO will launch 9/16/2012 for the new Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings established by the AIA. These proceedings are:

Inter Partes Review (IPR)
Post Grant Review (PGR)
Covered Business Methods (CBM)
Derivations (DER)

These Board proceedings will be procedurally very similar to the existing Board Interferences, an area in which my firm has a substantial practice. Therefore, I expect that my firm will have a substantial practice in these new proceedings. So I have personal interest in the system the PTO will require us to use to file papers for these proceedings.

Sadly, I was the only interference practitioner, and in fact the only patent practitioner to appear at the focus group. Several of the major firms sent paralegals, but no other patent attorneys were present. However, there are a few important points about the new interface that all registered US patent practitioners should know.

First, a user has to register before they can file papers as either a petitioner or patentee representative. All practitioners should make it a point to register 9/16/2012. Only registered users can associate with a proceeding (as petitioner or patentee representative). Firm paralegals, for example, cannot register as users and associate with a proceeding. (Currently, there is no provision for a firm paralegal to sign in as the attorney and then identify that they are working under the authority of the attorney; I suggested they change that.) One reason to register now, is in case a proceeding is initiated against your client's patent; you'll need to be registered with the PTAB proceedings web interface before you can make an appearance.

Second, if you or your paralegals play around on the system to test it out, it is possible to inadvertently pay for a proceeding. This is because the "Withdraw Petition" button (which cancels out all of your data entries and file uploads for a to-be-filed petition) is available on all pages until the petition is filed. However, the payment information appears prior to actually filing the petition, and you have to click through the payment information to get to the screen to actually file the petition. But once you click through the payment information screens, you have paid, and then it would be up to you to request a refund from the PTO for a withdrawn petition.

Third, as it stands, although this system contains some of the design features of the pre-existing Board Interference Web portal, this system is far more complicated to use. It has more and different types of interface pages, many of the existing text labels on actions taken in the interface are ambiguous or mis-descriptive, and the logical flow from one screen to the next is in some places counter intuitive. Hopefully feedback provided today will result in more descriptive text, and a better flow.

Fourth, the file and data format currently follows that for the Interference Web Portal instead of EFS; there are validation requirements for filenames and embedding of fonts, as in EFS.

Fifth, unlike the Interference Web portal, and a distinct improvement over the Interference Web portal, there will be the ability for the public to identify existing Board Proceedings. This is because the search function for searching by proceeding number provides for implied wild cards before and after a text string. The proceeding numbering is in the form[TYPE][YEAR]-[NUMBER]. For instance, the proceeding I had the PTO officials enter during the our session today was assigned "IPR2012-01306". Searching on "IPR" or "PGR" or "CBM" should therefore pull up a list of links to all proceeding records of that proceeding type; searching on "2012" should pull up a list of links to all proceeding records containing "2012", etc.

The link to Patent Review Processing System has not yet been released. However, it should appear in the first minute of 9/16/2012 on the PTAB web page, http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai, in the "Trials" section.
RICK
iI can be reached via the firm web site www.Neifeld.com or via telephone at 1-703-415-0012.

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Repossession About House

House foreclosure is done when a person is not able to pay for the rent as well as not able to spend the house loans. The mortgage company or the property owner could have the power for repossessing the house by applying a petition in the country courts. The landlord or even the mortgage lender may at first issue claim that has the facts concerning the date and time if you want to attend the local court for that proceeding. Visit the legal court for the given time with out lose for that hearing, as you will have the opportunity to put your proposal in-front of the judge and discus about the repayment. If the judge believes your repayment suggestion as reasonable then he might grant as well as postpone the house repossession by the mortgage company or the landlords. The discussion concerning the home foreclosure will require location in a private area in which the judge and the landlord is going to be present.

It's very much important to carry on with the words provided to your district judge as well as pay for the month-to-month instalments by the due date. The landlord will have the authority to sign up for an Foreclosure warrant if you fail to comply with your ownership order. The foreclosure warrant does not need any further actions from the court, the landlord can directly go along with occupy the home as well as repossess it.

There are several options available on which can be carried out for house repossession or even foreclosure. The initial one is to repay the rent payments within time every month, if you fail to pay it consult with the landlord or even Mortgage Lender before the problem gets worse. They may offer advice about the way you could pay the rent or they could lessen your payment or even lengthen the period of your repayment. This depends upon your landlord's curiosity. The second alternative could be re-mortgage or even taking guaranteed mortgage loan for the home.

Results of home foreclosure:

House repossession could have extreme impact on groups of home owners. House foreclosure can permanently modify the credit score. When property owners shed their house in foreclosure they might not be eligible for taking home loan again. The credit score ratings of the house proprietors will be impacted extremely badly by home repossession and they also might not be capable to buy the house again with the help of mortgage loans.

Through house foreclosure you will see large damage. Home owners lose the home and also equity built up onto it. Home foreclosure may uproot individuals psychologically. This impacts the individual's physiologically. Many people lose their self-esteem when they talk with mates and also other co-workers.

Home repossession may have effect on the work possibilities, as the majority of the companies choose staff with higher credit history. Several property owners might shed their work due to repossession.
Foreclosure attorney Riverside offers you effective legal services to satisfy all your needs. To know more about the process, you can contact our experienced foreclosure lawyer Riverside.

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