A Patent Determination occurs when a court or administrative agency issues a decision that determines the infringement, validity (or patentability), or enforceability of one or more claims of a patent. There may be more than one determination per patent and determinations may be overturned or reversed in later proceedings. Determinations [...]

A Patentee (sometimes referred to as a patent owner) is a litigant in a Patent Case who claims to hold rights to a U.S. patent. In district court cases a Patentee is usually a plaintiff, but may be a defendant in declaratory judgment cases (i.e., cases in which the complaint [...]

An attorney representing a Patentee.

A law firm representing a Patentee.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is an administrative law body of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office which decides issues of patentability.

An expert witness whose testimony is relied upon by a Petitioner or Patent Owner in an Inter Partes Review, Covered Business Method Review or Post-Grant Review in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. We collect PTAB expert witness data from the PTAB using a novel, semi-automated process supplemented by human [...]

A PTAB Institution is a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board determining whether to institute review of a ground for unpatentability in a petition for Inter Partes Review, Covered Business Method Review, or Post-Grant Review. Docket Navigator records PTAB Institutions as a group of data consisting of a [...]

The concept of a “case” is relatively well understood by those involved in litigation. But cases are often related to other cases in ways that blur the distinction between the two. For example, if a case is transferred to another court, how many cases exist? Is it accurate to say [...]

A Remedy occurs when a court awards monetary or injunctive relief, or when the ITC enters a remedial order. Docket Navigator records Remedies as a group of data consisting of (i) the party benefitting from the remedy, (ii) the party against whom the remedy is directed, (iii) the type of [...]

Trial Experience indicates cases that have documents typically filed at or near the time of a trial.  For jury trials, this includes Jury Notes or Instructions, and Verdicts. For bench trials, this includes Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.