The PTAB designated three decisions as precedential yesterday (in addition to several in previous weeks). These cases illustrate that the PTO is in the process of designating precedential opinions on a number of issues, in line with revised Standard Operating Procedure 2 for designating precedential and informative decisions.

Philippe wrote an article entitled "Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus to Spawn New Patent Ecosystem in Northern Virginia," this will be appearing in the April 2019 edition of Virginia Lawyer Magazine.

Oblon will be sponsoring the LESI 2019 Annual Conference in Yokohama Japan entitled "Create IP Culture – Open for Business," on May 26-28, 2019.

Oblon is proud to announce that three partners have been named "IP Stars" by Managing Intellectual Property's magazine. Partners Philippe Signore, Todd Baker, and Alex Hadjis ranked nationally as "IP Stars" in 2019. Alexander Englehart and Chris Ricciuti have been named "Rising Stars" for 2019.

Philippe Signore is quoted in a Law360 article that highlights Oblon's ranking as the Top Patent Firm of 2018, securing the most Utility Patents in 2018. Oblon is proud that this is the fourth consecutive year the firm achieved this top spot on the Harrity patent analytics list.

The Harrity Analytics Team compiled a list of the top patent law firms that are ranked based on the total number of U.S. Utility Patents that were issued in 2018. Oblon came in first with 5596 Utility Patents.