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December 20, 2020
Law Street Media’s November 29 article examining patent litigation analytics focused on the district court system, just one part of a complex system of patent litigation. This article examines a similar premise; a deep dive into the companies that have had their patents challenged the most in recent years before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, using Docket Alarm’s cutting-edge PTAB analytics.
As 2020 comes to a close, it is apparent that total filings at PTAB have remained steady despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of
inter partes review (IPR) filings from January 1, 2019, to October 31, 2020 (the same time period as the prior article), reveals a consistent pattern. A dip in March and April 2020 was likely caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but other fluctuations in the above time period are more dramatic. In fact, by May 2020 there was an uptick in filings, which could suggest a bounce back from the delays of