About the Authors

• Author: Erika Harmon Arner - Kathleen A. Daley - Michael J. Flibbert
• Pages: xix-xx

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Erika Harmon Arner (coeditor) is a partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,

Garrett & Dunner, LLP, and formerly chaired the rm’s Patent Ofce Practice.

She has represented both patent owners and petitioners in over 100 trials—

most as lead counsel—before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of

the U.S. Patent and Trademark Ofce. She has also argued and won appeals

from PTAB trials to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, many

of which involved issues of rst impression in this emerging area of patent law.

Cory C. Bell (coauthor) is an attorney at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,

Garrett & Dunner, LLP. As a former patent examiner, his practice focuses

on AIA post-grant and reexamination proceedings before the U.S. Patent

and Trademark Ofce, and on portfolio development and management.

Cory has represented clients before the PTAB, in U.S. district courts, and

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Daniel C. Cooley (coauthor) is an attorney at Finnegan, Henderson, Far

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abow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, where he handles litigation at both the trial

and appellate level. Dan has acted as lead or co-counsel in more than 15

Federal Circuit matters, including appeals from PTAB proceedings. Dan

also practices before the PTAB, handling all aspects of IPR and CBM pro-

ceedings for petitioners and patent owners. Dan served as a law clerk at

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Kathleen A. Daley (coeditor) is a partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,

Garrett & Dunner, LLP, where she has extensive experience in litigation

before district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Patent

Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal

Circuit. She has led trial teams and argued appeals before the Federal Circuit.

She has also been involved in more than 60 post-grant proceedings before

the PTAB, including reexaminations and inter partes review proceedings.

About the Authors

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