INVENTORS CALLS TO SENATORS WORKED! SUCCESS! YOUR VOICES WERE HEARD!

Sept 2020

INVENTORS VOICES HEARD!

THANK YOU ARIZONA INVENTORS!

YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!

WE SUCCEEDED!

The last couple of weeks, inventors across the country hit the Senate with hundreds of calls and letters opposing the extension of the CBM portion of the PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board). As a result, the harmful CBM extension was removed from the budget bill!

In 2011, Congress created 3 programs to invalidate patents at the PTAB – CBM, PGR, and IPR. Now only 2 remain. We are working hard to protect inventors from these unfair attacks on their livelihood. There are much bigger battles ahead in our movement to restore the rights of inventors and put the USA back on top as the global leader in innovation.

Monday, September 28 at 10:00 AM PT, USInventors is hosting a Zoom webinar to discuss the situation with the PTAB. We will interview 4 very successful inventors with multi-million dollar products and their experience at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

IN THE TRENCHES WITH INVENTORS – THE BATTLE TO SAVE PATENTS

Hear From Actual Inventors

The How & Why Their Patents Were Invalidated:

Bassam Abraham – inventor and founder of Zpulser (also known as Zond). Bassam’s high power pulsed plasma generator creates high density metal films at the atomic level. It was so valuable several multi-national semiconductor corporations gang-tackled Zond at the PTAB with a record 125 challenges.
Ray Perkins – inventor and founder of Eco World Group LLC. Ray came up with a slow-release compound for urea-based fertilizers that reduces water pollution by 30%, helping prevent red tide and algae blooms. His patents were attacked first by Koch Industries in regular court, then by Solvay at the PTAB.
Tom Pierson – inventor and founder of TAS Energy Inc. Tom’s turbine inlet chilling patent was stolen by a competitor and his patents were invalidated at the PTAB. Tom is featured in the documentary INVALIDATED: The Shredding of the U.S. Patent System
Glenn Sanders – inventor and founder of Zaxcom, Inc. Despite winning an Emmy award for his ground-breaking wireless video recording technology, Glenn’s patents were invalidated by the chief judge of the PTAB.

These inventors will explain the problems by the PTAB, how and why they lost their patent rights and address issues such as:

The PTAB has invalidated 84% of the patents they have reviewed (2,421 out of 2,872).
There is no right to a jury trial at the PTAB.
Compared to a regular court, the PTAB limits evidence, testimony, due process, and procedural safeguards.
Compared to a regular court, the PTAB has a lower burden of proof for invalidation (preponderance rather than clear and convincing).
Most PTAB administrative patent judges have no technical experience and minimal legal experience.
PTAB administrative judges often overrule examiners and federal judges who previously held a patent to be valid.
The PTAB is benefits mostly large corporations – top patent challengers include Apple (650 petitions), Samsung (540 petitions), Google (337 petitions), and Microsoft (224 petitions).
It costs an average of $450,000 to defend a patent at the PTAB.
PTAB typically adds 2 to 5 years to the duration of a lawsuit.

This is a virtual event, but space is limited. Register now to save your space.

REGISTER HERE

Email [email protected] with questions or suggestions.

Sincerely,

Laura Myers

Executive Director

Inventors Association of Arizona

[email protected]

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