Erika . Arner
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Erika Arner former leader of Finnegan's patent office practice, focuses on patent office trials, patent prosecution management, client counseling, and litigation, with an emphasis on electronic technology, computer software, and the Internet. Ms. Arner has represented patent owners and petitioners in over 100 post-grant review (PGR) and inter partes review (IPR) trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), serving as lead counsel in over 50. She has also argued and won appeals from PTAB trials to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, many of which involve issues of first impression in this emerging area of patent law. In addition to her extensive experience in patent office practice, Ms. Arner is a well-known authority in the area of business method patents and patent-eligibility jurisprudence. She represented the petitioners before the U.S. Supreme Court in
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