A Long Shot at Redemption through Reexamination

Stephen Maebius and Harold Wegner write in I/P Law & Business, "We have reviewed the histories of all reexaminations in which the losing party in court has sought a reexamination, and found that it takes 10.3 years for these reexaminations to move through the system.  Now that PTO leaders have opened the door to a preappeal reexamination, the patent bar may follow in full force. "