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Winston & Strawn, LLP

Patent reexamination counsel·5 ex parte reexams

Winston & Strawn, LLP has served as patent-owner counsel in 5 USPTO ex parte reexaminations. The firm most often represents Shfl Entertainment Inc., Smith International Inc., and Sunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P.. 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

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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

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 (5)

Control #FiledPatentTitleOwnerStatus
90/014,725Apr 9, 20219,207,686VERSATILE SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS IN-LINE BLENDING OF BUTANE AND PETROLEUMSunoco Partners Marketing & Terminals L.P.Closed
90/013,111Jan 2, 20147,523,935CARD SHUFFLING APPARATUS WITH INTEGRAL CARD DELIVERYShfl Entertainment Inc.Closed
90/013,112Jan 2, 20146,651,982CARD SHUFFLING APPARATUS WITH INTEGRAL CARD DELIVERYShfl Entertainment Inc.Closed
90/012,910Aug 5, 20137,314,099SELECTIVELY ACTUATABLE EXPANDABLE UNDERREAMER/STABILIZERSmith International Inc.Closed
90/012,912Jul 3, 20136,732,817EXPANDABLE UNDERREAMER/STABILIZERSmith International Inc.Closed

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