PTAB'S INFORMATIONAL DECISIONS ON FOLLOW-ON PETITIONS

PTAB designated the following decisions as informational, the board denying institution of an IPR under 35 USC 325(d).  Medtronic, Inc. v. NuVasive, Inc., IPR2014-00487 (PTAB Sept. 11, 2014) (Paper 8); Unified Patents, Inc. v. PersonalWeb Techs., LLC, IPR2014-00702 (PTAB July 24, 2014) (Paper 13); Prism Pharma Co., Ltd. v. Choongwae Pharma Corp., IPR2014-00315 (PTAB July 8, 2014) (Paper 14); Unilever, Inc. v. Procter & Gamble Co., IPR2014-00506 (PTAB July 7, 2014) (Paper 17); Medtronic, Inc. v. Robert Bosch Healthcare Sys., Inc., IPR2014-00436 (PTAB June 19, 2014) (Paper 17); Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. v. Illumina Cambridge Limited, IPR2013-00324 (PTAB Nov. 21, 2013) (Paper 19); ZTE Corp. v. ContentGuard Holdings, Inc., IPR2013-00454 (PTAB Sept. 25, 2013) (Paper 12).  In each of these decisions, the PTAB denied the follow-on petitions under 35 USC 325(d) because the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments were previously presented to the Office.