SNQ : CAFC Alert

Belkin v. Kappos: PTO’s Determination of the threshold issue in Reexamination is not appealable

| October 3, 2012

Belkin International, Inc. et al. v. David Kappos, Director, USPTO, et al.

Decided: October 2, 2012

Panel:  Rader, Lourie and Wallach. Opinion by Lourie.

Summary: 

This decision results from a pre-AIA appeal in an inter partes reexamination proceeding.  The issue in this appeal is whether a prior determination that an argument based on a given reference does not raise a substantial new question of patentability (“SNQ”) as to a claim when such an SNQ was raised with respect to certain other prior art is appealable.  The CAFC held that this determination is not appealable and that the proper course of action is to timely petition the Director to review the determination.


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