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USPTO Issues Final Rule on Director Review of PTAB Decisions

On October 1, 2024, the USPTO published a new final rule, Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions. 89 Fed. Reg. 79744 (October 1, 2024). The new rule codifies many aspects of the PTAB’s most...more

2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: 2023 PTAB Case Highlights

Precedential Decisions - Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (March 10, 2023) (designated: November 15, 2023) (regarding prior art status under AIA § 102) The Director designated as precedential...more

2023 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: 2023 Changes in Director Review

On July 24, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) promulgated a revised interim process for Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) decisions in proceedings under the...more

2023 PTAB Year in Review: Editors’ Introduction

A review of 2023 reveals it was an active and impactful year in shaping the policy and practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In fact, all three...more

PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - May 2023: Case Highlights: PTAB Precedential and Informative Decisions, Director Review...

This recurring feature highlights any new PTAB precedential and/or informative decisions, any new substantive Director review decisions, and any new substantive decisions issued by the Precedential Opinion Panel (POP). The...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

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