Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Patent reexamination counsel·4 ex parte reexams

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has served as patent-owner counsel in 4 USPTO ex parte reexaminations. The firm most often represents The University of Chicago. 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

Top patent owners represented

The University of Chicago4

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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Recent reexaminations (4)

Control #	Filed	Patent	Title	Owner	Status
90/014,201	Sep 13, 2018	7,129,091	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT AND REACTION	The University of Chicago	Closed
90/014,045	Nov 6, 2017	8,822,148	METHOD OF PERFORMING PCR REACTION IN CONTINUOUSLY FLOWING MICROFLUIDIC PLUGS	The University of Chicago	Closed
90/014,043	Nov 3, 2017	8,304,193	METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AN AUTOCATALYTIC REACTION IN PLUGS IN A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM	The University of Chicago	Closed
90/014,042	Nov 2, 2017	8,329,407	A METHOD FOR CONDUCTING REACTIONS INVOLVING BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES IN PLUGS IN A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM	The University of Chicago	Closed

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