Author: Austin Walters

  • Weekly PTAB Review: Application 16/720,969 – Cerner Innovation (Oracle)

    This week we look at a recent PTAB decision. I pulled one at random from the Board’s docket. The case is Appeal 2025-001075 on Application 16/720,969. The decision’s notification date is September 12, 2025; the real party in interest is Oracle International Corporation. IP Copilot Invalidity Search To start, we ran an Invalidity Chart (used…

  • Case study: Sterne Kessler & IP Copilot’s AI-Powered Prior Art Search Collaboration

    Introduction Earlier this year, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox (“Sterne Kessler”) paired its more than four decades of IP expertise with IP Copilot’s specialized language models to rethink prior art search with IP Copilot’s AI-Powered Prior Art Search Platform. Now, instead of outsourcing multi-week projects, attorneys can run full prior art searches, such as §§102/103…

  • Weekly PTAB Review: Application 17/973,274 – Oracle

    One capability sets IP Copilot apart: prior-art search. It’s the engine under every feature. By modeling how ideas connect across papers, products, and people, we help teams see their landscape—and spot the next breakthrough. This week we look at a recent PTAB decision. I pulled one at random from the Board’s docket. The case is…