The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire patent life cycle in a global portfolio.

This month you will find two articles covering:

- A potentially winning strategy for gaining approval to amend claims during an IPR proceeding – a recent decision in Lectrosonics v. Zaxcom suggests that amendments directed toward objective indicia can win Board approval for amending claims;

- An important precedential decision out of the PTAB’s Precedential Opinion Panel highlighting standards for printed publications at the institution and final written decision milestones in IPRs....