Reed Smith, LLP

Patent reexamination counsel·11 ex parte reexams

Reed Smith, LLP has served as patent-owner counsel in 11 USPTO ex parte reexaminations. The firm most often represents CamelBak Products LLC, William Marsh Rice University, and Camelback Products 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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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 (11)

Control #FiledPatentTitleOwnerStatus
90/015,192Jan 18, 202310,676,255DRINK BOTTLESCamelBak Products LLCClosed
90/015,154Nov 7, 202210,988,288Cap Assemblies With Magnetic Closure Retention Mechanisms And Drink Containers Including the SameCamelBak Products LLCClosed
90/015,152Nov 4, 202210,988,288Cap Assemblies With Magnetic Closure Retention Mechanisms And Drink Containers Including the SameCamelBak Products LLCClosed
90/015,121Sep 19, 2022D939,281BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH LIDCamelback Products LLCClosed
90/015,120Sep 19, 202210,569,940CAP ASSEMBLIES WITH MAGNETIC CLOSURE RETENTION MECHANISMS AND DRINK CONTAINERS INCLUDING THE SAMECamelBak Products LLCClosed
90/015,013Apr 22, 20229,463,911DRINK BOTTLESCamelBak Products LLCClosed
90/013,972Jun 16, 20178,153,810ALKYLIDENE COMPLEXES OF RUTHENIUM CONTAINING N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; USE AS A HIGHLY ACTIVE, SELECTIVE CATALYSTS FOR OLEFIN METATHESISEvonik Degussa GmbHClosed
90/013,924Mar 24, 20176,530,944OPTICALLY-ACTIVE NANOPARTICLES FOR USE IN THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODSWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityClosed
90/013,883Dec 21, 20166,685,730OPTICALLY-ABSORBING NANOPARTICLES FOR ENHANCED TISSUE REPAIRWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityClosed
90/013,145Feb 3, 20148,177,151SEPARATION OF MATERIALS COMPRISING SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMERS USING REDUCED WATERKnowaste International LLCClosed
90/013,000Sep 18, 20137,730,132Storing and Accessing Media FilesPragmatus Av LLCClosed

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