Covington & Burling LLP | Professionals | Andrea G. Reister
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`Andrea G. Reister
`Partner
`areister@cov.com
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`Covington & Burling LLP
`One CityCenter
`850 Tenth Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4956
`Tel: +1 202 662 5141
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`Practices
`Intellectual Property
`IP Due Diligence
`Patent Advisory
`Patent Litigation
`Patent Office Trials
`Industries
`Electronics & Information
`Technology
`Life Sciences
`Nanotechnology
`Education
`George Mason University
`School of Law, J.D., 1993
`with distinction
`Top Graduate, Patent Law
`Specialty Track
`University of Washington,
`B.S., 1980
`magna cum laude
`Phi Beta Kappa
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`Bar Admissions
`District of Columbia
`U.S. Patent and Trademark
`Office
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`Clients seek Andrea Reister for their most important patent office matters. She has preserved and secured
`millions of dollars of value in post-issuance proceedings, patent prosecution and portfolio management, and
`in transactional due diligence. As head of Covington’s Patent Office Trials Practice, she is the rare “triple
`threat” - a lawyer with successes before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB); experience litigating
`District court cases, including Hatch-Waxman; and leadership in Federal Circuit appeals.
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`Clients routinely cite the span of her technical expertise, her ability to work under demanding deadlines, and
`her ability to win for them before the PTO, in district court jury trials, in Hatch-Waxman ANDA litigation, and in
`ITC proceedings.
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`She achieves highly successful outcomes for her clients in computer and communications technologies,
`including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), wireless and ADSL; computer virus protection; cell phone
`messaging; pharmaceutical formulations and vaccines; and medical devices.
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`Clients regularly seek her counsel on Hatch-Waxman pre-litigation audits, worldwide portfolio development
`and management, including strategic advice for offensive and defensive patent procurement, and for
`competitor landscape evaluation.
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`Representative Matters
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`Patent Office Trials
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`Representation of Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., and licensees Harris FRC Corporation
`and UCB, as patent owner in an IPR proceeding, brought by a group of generic companies, challenging
`the patent claiming Vimpat®, UCB’s anti-epileptic drug. Released on January 9, 2015, the Patent Trial
`and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) rejected the generics’ petition in its entirety, finding that the petitioners
`failed to establish a “reasonable likelihood” of showing unpatentability of any claim of the Vimpat®
`Patent.
`Representation of Texas Instruments Incorporated (“TI”) as petitioner in an IPR proceeding relating to
`monolithic battery chargers. In a clean sweep victory in a patent office trial, the patent owner, Unifi
`Scientific Batteries (“USB”) ultimately requested judgment in TI’s favor. USB had sued TI in the
`Eastern District of Texas in March 2012, alleging infringement of its patent directed to monolithic
`battery chargers. In March 2013, Covington filed a petition on behalf of TI in the Patent Office seeking
`invalidation of 16 claims. One week before oral argument, USB filed a Request for Adverse Judgment,
`disclaiming all of the 16 challenged claims. In June 2014, the Patent Office granted the Request and
`entered the judgment, successfully ending the trial. Covington also represented TI in the co-pending
`litigation, which settled successfully.
`Representation of multiple petitioners, including The New York Times Company and CBS Interactive, in
`an IPR proceeding (and in seven inter partes reexamination proceedings) for patents held by Helferich
`Patent Licensing, LLC. The patents relate to cell phone messaging and are the subject of co-pending
`litigation in which the requesters are defendants. In March 2014, the PTAB provided another clean
`sweep IPR victory when it invalidated all 41 challenged claims of the patent. In April 2015, the Court of
`Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision, securing the clients’ victory.
`Representation of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. as petitioner in nine IPR proceedings relating to
`mobile communications and network-enabled audio/video devices and players. Covington also
`represents Samsung in the co-pending District Court litigation adverse to Black Hills Media. We
`obtained a complete stay of the district court litigation, and successfully defeated Black Hills Media in
`litigation before the ITC. Samsung has effectively prevailed already in seven of the IPR proceedings -
`Black Hills requested adverse judgment on all challenged claims in five of the IPR proceedings, and
`filed motions to amend to cancel the challenged claims in two other proceedings. The final two
`proceedings remain pending.
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`Representation of Elbit Systems of America, LLC as petition in an IPR proceeding relating to a patent
`directed toward a system and method for tracking the motion or orientation of an object relative to a
`moving reference frame, such as in a head-mounted display. The patent is owned by Thales Visionix,
`Inc., and Covington also represents Elbit in the co-pending litigation in the Court of Federal Claims.
`Representation of Alkermes, Inc., the top patent owner of Orange Book listed patents in reexamination,
`in ex parte reexamination proceedings and worldwide opposition proceedings initiated by competitors.
`Six of the seven patents successfully emerged from reexamination and remain listable for the
`VIVITROL® and RISPERDAL® CONSTA® products. We also represent Alkermes in worldwide
`prosecution of patents directed to the BYDUREON™ product (exenatide for extended-release
`injectable suspension), a new drug formulation for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
`Representation of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. as petitioner in nine IPR proceedings relating to
`mobile communications and network-enabled audio/video devices and players. Covington also
`represents Samsung in the co-pending District Court litigation adverse to Black Hills Media. We
`obtained a complete stay of the district court litigation, and successfully defeated Black Hills Media in
`litigation before the ITC.
`Representation of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. as petitioner in two IPR proceedings adverse to
`patent owner Boston University relating to gallium nitride semiconductor devices. The two proceedings
`were terminated following successful settlement of the underlying litigation, in which Covington
`represented Samsung.
`Representation of Peregrine Semiconductor as the patent owner in an IPR proceeding brought by RF
`Micro Devices. The patent is directed to high frequency RF switches for 4G access technologies.
` Covington also represented Peregrine in the co-pending litigation. Both the IPR and the litigation were
`settled successfully for Peregrine.
`Representation of Ariba, Inc. as patent owner in a CBM proceeding relating to operating resource
`management systems. Covington also represents Ariba in the co-pending litigation. The CBM
`proceeding was terminated following successful settlement of the patent infringement aspect of the
`litigation. We have also represented Ariba as requester in two inter partes reexamination proceedings
`relating to a business-to-business electronic clearinghouse. All original patent claims, as well as claims
`added during both reexamination proceedings, were rejected. Favorable settlement for Ariba was
`promptly obtained pursuant to filing of the reexamination requests.
`Representation of Knowles Electronics, LLC as patent owner in four IPR proceedings relating to silicon
`microphone packages and MEMS microphones, all of which were successfully terminated by
`settlement. Covington also represented Knowles in the co-pending litigation, which successfully settled.
`Representation of JPMorgan Chase as petitioner in four CBM proceedings for patents owned by Maxim
`Integrated Products relating to secure electronic transactions, which were terminated by settlement of
`the co-pending litigation.
`Representation of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in IPR proceedings for a patent related to LCD color
`technology. Genoa Color Technologies Ltd., the original owner of the patent, sued Samsung for
`infringement. Samsung requested inter partes reexamination of the patent, and the Right of Appeal
`notice upheld the final rejection of all claims of the patent on a plethora of grounds. Subsequent to the
`Right of Appeal Notice, the parties settled the litigation.
`Representation of Verizon Long Distance LLC as a third-party requester before the U.S. Patent and
`Trademark Office in reexamination proceedings relating to two patents directed to Voice over Internet
`Protocol (“VoIP”) technology. Shortly after a Right of Appeal Notice issued in one of the proceedings,
`the corresponding district court litigation against Verizon was dismissed with prejudice, resulting in a
`favorable settlement for Verizon.
`Representation of Verizon in reexamination proceedings of two patents owned by TiVo that relate to
`video recording functionality. Covington also represented Verizon as the patentee in four ex parte
`reexamination proceedings initiated by TiVo. Reexamination certificates confirming the patentability of
`the claims have issued in all four proceedings. The patents at issue in the ex parte and inter partes
`reexamination proceedings were the subject of litigation in the district court or the International Trade
`Commission.
`Representation of Trend Micro Incorporated as patent owner before the U.S. Patent and Trademark
`Office in ex parte reexamination proceedings relating to two patents directed to anti-virus technology.
`In August 2011, the Reexamination Certificate for one patent issued. A Notice of Intent to Issue Ex
`Parte Reexamination Certificate issued in October 2012 for the second patent. As a result, Trend
`Micro and the third-party requester have settled the state court litigation in which the validity of the
`patents was at issue.
`Representation of Fujitsu Limited as patent owner in an ex parte reexamination proceeding for a patent
`related to card type input/output interface devices. In August 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark
`Office issued the Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate confirming the patentability of claims at issue in
`the litigation.
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`Previous Experience
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`Chief Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station. Responsible for undersea weapons
`testing and development of remote-controlled submarine target, robotic systems for torpedo recovery,
`and awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.
`Ms. Reister served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve, and qualified as
`an Engineering Duty Officer.
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`Honors and Rankings
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`Finalist for the Chambers Women in Law Awards in "Gender Diversity – Lawyer of the Year (Private
`Practice)" (2015)
`Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards, "Best in Patent" (2015)
`Managing IP, “Top 250 Women in IP” (2014)
`Washington DC Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation (2013-2015)
`LMG Life Sciences, “Life Science Star” (2012-2013)
`IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2015)
`Legal 500 US, Intellectual Property - Patent Prosecution (2012-2013) and Intellectual Property - Patent
`Litigation (2015)
`Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, Department of the Navy
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`Memberships and Affiliations
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`Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
`GAYLAW
`Supreme Court of the United States, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and District Court for the
`District of Columbia
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`Publications and Speeches
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`Ms. Reister was quoted in the Law360 article, "5 Things You Need To Know Before Arguing At The
`PTAB" (11/21/2013).
`"Post-Grant Patent Proceedings," Webinar (6/30/2015)
`"Supreme Court Delivers Important Decision on Patent Eligibility," Covington E-Alert (3/23/2012), Co-
`Author
`"SanDisk Corporation v. STMicroElectronics, Inc.: The Federal Circuit Expands the Availability of
`Declaratory Judgment Actions in the Patent Licensing Context," Covington E-Alert (4/9/2007), Co-
`Author
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