In re: BRIAN MCFADDEN v. JOHN A. SQUIRES, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patentability filed 4 Jun 2025 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and closed 7 Apr 2026, with US20180225719A1 asserted. Recorded basis of termination: unpatentable.
Case record
- Patent involved
- US20180225719A1
- Application no.
- US15/891363
- Case no.
- 25-1834
- Verdict cause
- Patentability
- Court
- Fed. Cir.
- Court level
- Court of Appeals
- Case region
- District of Columbia
- Chief judge
- None recorded
- Trial level
- Appeal
- Filed – Closed
- 4 Jun 2025 – 7 Apr 2026
- Duration
- 307 days
- Basis of termination
- Unpatentable
- Products & marks
- System and Methods for Operating an Information Exchange
- Validity challenges
- 2 on record
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System and Methods for Operating an Information Exchange
Methods and apparatuses useful for operating, regulating, and controlling an information exchange. For example, in a simplified description of one embodiment, mechanisms and methods are disclosed to dynamically determine from metrics for each information consumer an exchange value for each potential information item. Among other uses, the exchange value allows information items to be ranked and provides a component for dynamically determining, in conjunction with metrics, the bounds on a set of potential information items that may be included in the information stream of the information consumer. Further disclosed mechanisms and methods, for example, support broad dynamic control and automated operations of the information exchange.
- Legal status
- Pending
- Granted
- 9 Aug 2018
- Earliest priority
- 8 Feb 2017
- Validity challenges
- 2 on record2024-001173 · Patentability · filed by BRIAN DAVID McFADDEN2024-001173 · Patentability · filed by BRIAN DAVID McFADDEN
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- MCFADDEN, BRIAN DAVID
- Classification
- G06Q30/02
Parties of record
In re: BRIAN MCFADDEN
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Brian McFadden
- Firm
- Not recorded
JOHN A. SQUIRES, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Kakoli Caprihan · Nicholas Theodore Matich IV · Omar Farooq Amin · Robert J. McManus
- Firm
- Not recorded
Counsel of record
Basis of termination
From the record · verbatim“THIS CAUSE having been considered, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: AFFIRMED”
Case 25-1834 · Fed. Cir. · closed 7 April 2026
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What is case 25-1834?
25-1834 is a patent patentability brought by In re: BRIAN MCFADDEN against JOHN A. SQUIRES, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, filed on 4 Jun 2025 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The case closed on 7 April 2026.
Which patent was asserted in 25-1834?
US20180225719A1 (“System and Methods for Operating an Information Exchange”), assigned to MCFADDEN, BRIAN DAVID, currently pending. The record also lists System and Methods for Operating an Information Exchange.
How was case 25-1834 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is unpatentable. The termination text reads: “THIS CAUSE having been considered, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: AFFIRMED”
How long did case 25-1834 take?
307 calendar days, from filing on 4 Jun 2025 to closure on 7 April 2026.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 25-1834?
Brian McFadden is recorded as counsel for plaintiff In re: BRIAN MCFADDEN. Kakoli Caprihan, Nicholas Theodore Matich IV, Omar Farooq Amin and Robert J. McManus appear for defendant JOHN A. SQUIRES, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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