Patentable Subject Matter Masterclass: Navigating Federal Circuit Nuances, Inconsistencies, and USPTO Divergence

Mr. Bahr specializes in all areas of patent practice. He previously served as the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy at the USPTO. During Mr. Bahr's distinguished career at the USPTO, he was involved in nearly all patent-related rulemaking since 1995. His involvement in patent rulemaking includes the changes to implement the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Mr. Bahr provided administrative oversight and direction for the activities of the Office of Petitions, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of Patent Quality Assurance, Central Reexamination Unit, and Manual of Patent Examining Procedure staff during his tenure at the USPTO.

For over 30 years, Mr. Kiklis has been called upon by industry-leading technology companies to handle some of their most important patent-dispute matters. He focuses his practice on trials at the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Federal Circuit appeals, and patent litigation. Mr. Kiklis is often called upon to handle cases worth more than $100 million. He has handled 100 PTAB trials and over 20 appeals to the Federal Circuit. Mr. Kiklis has an extensive background in computer science based on his six years of experience as a software developer at some of the computer industry’s leading companies as well as his academic background, holding both a BS and MS in computer science. He is the author of The Supreme Court on Patent Law, an 800-page treatise devoted to the Supreme Court’s patent law jurisprudence and a co-author on PLI’s post grant treatise (1st edition). Mr. Kiklis is best known for his long history of writing and speaking on patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, including numerous articles and speeches at bar associations and professional organizations.