Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC
Patent reexamination counsel·5 ex parte reexams
Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC has served as patent-owner counsel in 5 USPTO ex parte reexaminations. The firm most often represents TRIC TOOLS, INC., Gary D. Pignato, and TRIC TOOLS, LLC. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each proceeding, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and Federal Circuit decisions.
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Top patent owners represented
Outcome track record
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- Certificate outcome split across every bucket
- Share of proceedings where claims survived
Practice metrics
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- Certificate rate of closed proceedings
- Average pendency in months
Examiners & adversaries
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- Most frequent examiners
- Top opposing requesters
Recent reexaminations (5)
| Control # | Filed | Patent | Title | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90/013,792 | Aug 12, 2016 | 6,240,346 | SYSTEM WITH LIGHT DISPLAY AND DATA RECORDER FOR MONITORING VEHICLE IN RELATION TO ADJACENT VEHICLE | Gary D. Pignato | Closed |
| 90/012,602 | Sep 14, 2012 | 6,793,442 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRENCHLESS REPLACEMENT OF UNDERGROUND PIPE | TRIC TOOLS, INC. | Closed |
| 90/012,583 | Sep 14, 2012 | 6,799,923 | TRENCHLESS WATER PIPE REPLACEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD | TRIC TOOLS, INC. | Closed |
| 90/012,624 | Sep 14, 2012 | 6,524,031 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRENCHLESS REPLACEMENT OF UNDERGROUND PIPE | TRIC TOOLS, INC. | Closed |
| 90/012,635 | Sep 14, 2012 | 6,305,880 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRENCHLESS REPLACEMENT OF UNDERGROUNG PIPE | TRIC TOOLS, LLC | Closed |
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