McDonald Hopkins, LLC
Patent reexamination counsel·10 ex parte reexams
McDonald Hopkins, LLC has served as patent-owner counsel in 10 USPTO ex parte reexaminations, with 1 currently open. The firm most often represents Hy-Ko Products Company LLC, Nsixty LLC, and Spectrum Laboratories LLC. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each proceeding, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and Federal Circuit decisions.
Filings by year
Outcome track record
How this firm's reexams resolve once a certificate issues: all claims confirmed, amended, mixed, or canceled.
- Certificate outcome split across every bucket
- Share of proceedings where claims survived
Practice metrics
Certificate rate, average pendency, and the open/closed split across the firm's full reexam docket.
- Certificate rate of closed proceedings
- Average pendency in months
Examiners & adversaries
Which examiners most often decide this firm's reexams, and which requesters most often challenge its patents.
- Most frequent examiners
- Top opposing requesters
Recent reexaminations (10)
| Control # | Filed | Patent | Title | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90/016,495 | Aug 7, 2026 | 7,192,776 | SYNTHETIC URINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | Spectrum Laboratories LLC | Open |
| 90/019,111 | Sep 15, 2022 | 9,656,332 | KEY DUPLICATION MACHINE | Hy-Ko Products Company LLC | Closed |
| 90/019,112 | Sep 6, 2022 | 9,682,432 | KEY DUPLICATION MACHINE | Hy-Ko Products Company LLC | Closed |
| 90/019,113 | Sep 6, 2022 | 9,687,920 | KEY DUPLICATION MACHINE | Hy-Ko Products Company LLC | Closed |
| 90/019,110 | Sep 2, 2022 | 10,421,133 | KEY DUPLICATION MACHINE | Hy-Ko Products Company LLC | Closed |
| 90/014,649 | Jan 7, 2021 | 10,883,722 | ELECTRIC FIREPLACE LIGHTING SYSTEM | Twin-Star International Inc. | Closed |
| 90/014,603 | Nov 3, 2020 | 9,301,636 | BEVERAGE PRESS | Grant F. Varnum | Closed |
| 90/014,295 | May 1, 2019 | 10,091,855 | MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE LED CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE LIGHT FIXTURE | Eti Solid State Lighting Inc. | Closed |
| 90/014,031 | Oct 11, 2017 | 9,313,456 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | Nsixty LLC | Closed |
| 90/014,030 | Oct 11, 2017 | 8,619,115 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | Nsixty LLC | Closed |
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