As of September 16, 2012, Inter partes review (IPR), Post-Grant
review (PGR), and covered business method review (CBM) became
options for challenging the validity of issued patents in front of
the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB). The
popularity of these proceedings is increasing. The following
roundup of statistics follows up on our
earlier statistical analyses.
The Popularity of AIA Petitions Continues to
Increase1
The popularity of AIA petitions has increased every month.
Between April 11, 2014 and September 4, 2014, an additional 766 AIA
petitions were filed. As of April 10, 2014, a total of 1,196
petitions had been filed. As of September 4, 2014, a total of 1,962
petitions had been filed. Thus far, the total number of petitions
has exceeded our earlier projections. Moreover, the number of
petitions (766) filed between April 11, 2014 and September 4, 2014
is larger than the total number of petitions filed in FY2013 (563).
In the last two months,
