PTAB Life Sciences Report

By John Cravero — About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Acclarent, Inc. v. Ford Albritton, IV PTAB Petition: IPR2018-00268; filed December 1, 2017. Patent at Issue: U.S. Patent No. 9,011,412 ("Apparatus, system and method for manipulating a surgical catheter and working device with a single hand," issued April 21, 2015) claims a system, comprising: a guide catheter insertable through an external body passage of a subject, said guide catheter having a substantially rigid shaft, a proximal opening, a distal opening and a lumen extending between the…Original Article