UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2022
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England and Wales
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. | ||||
In December 2021, Freedom to Operate (“FTO”) filed two petitions requesting post grant review of two COMPASS patents (US Patent 10,947,257 and US Patent 10,954,259) before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Each petition challenged the patentability of the claims of each of the COMPASS patents on three main grounds. FTO’s first main ground alleged that the claimed inventions of the COMPASS patents were improperly directed to something that does not exist and thus they were fundamentally flawed and invalid. FTO’s second main ground alleged that the claims of the COMPASS patents were obvious in view of the prior art. FTO’s third main ground alleged that the claims were invalid for lack of enablement.
On June 22, 2022, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board issued decisions in both cases denying institution of post grant review on the merits of the arguments presented in each of the challenges.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| COMPASS PATHWAYS PLC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: June 24, 2022 | By: | /s/ Matthew Owens | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Owens | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||