IPTech Insights™

The members of the firm have published and edited various articles and resources and engaged in original empirical research regarding US patent prosecution practices and strategies, including appeals. Find links to copies of their recent publications below. The statements made in these articles represent the personal views of the authors only and not the official position of the firm or any client of the firm.

Adam R. Stephenson, “A View of The Future in Semiconductor Process: Patent Prosecution in Class 438 Under the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Final Claims and Continuations Rules,” 8 Wake Forest Intell. Prop. L.J. 272 (2008)

“Arizona Juvenile Law Legal Research: Resources and Strategies,” 2 Phoenix L. Rev. 194 (2009)

Adam R. Stephenson, “Cognitive Dissonance: How the PTAB Reported Appeal Statistics Ruins the Data for Everyone”

Adam R. Stephenson, “Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse for Cost of the USPTO’s High ex parte Appeal Reversal Rates”

Adam R. Stephenson, “In Search of the ‘Right’ Reversal Rate at the Board: A Statistical Analysis Using Issue-Level ex Parte Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decision Data,” unpublished article submitted to PTAB Bar Journal, 2019

Adam R. Stephenson, “Deeper Perspective: How Issue-Level ex Parte Appeals Data Illuminates the Reversal Picture,” unpublished article submitted to PTAB Bar Journal, 2019

Adam R. Stephenson, coauthor, “Model Appeal Brief,” American Intellectual Property Law Association (2022-2025)

Adam R. Stephenson, coauthor, “Model Reply Brief,” American Intellectual Property Law Association (2022-2025)

Adam R. Stephenson, editor, “Patent Prosecution: Final Rejections,” Thomson Reuters Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology (2025); PDF version.

Adam R. Stephenson, editor, “Patent Prosecution: PTAB Appeals,” Thomson Reuters Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology (2025); PDF version.