A new interim process for the acting director to exercise discretion as to whether to institute an inter partes review ("IPR") or a post-grant review ("PGR") was announced on March 26, 2025, in which ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking on October 16, 2025, titled “Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” announcing its ...

Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing a rule change that would effectively neuter the inter partes review (IPR) system that reviews already granted patents to make ...

“The PTAB’s Sanctions Order explained that Longhorn improperly ignored the Board’s alternative claim constructions discussed in the institution decisions, thereby limiting the scope of its ‘obligatory ...

The pendulum at the PTAB has swung hard, and petitioners are feeling the squeeze. With discretionary denials expanding, serial-challenge limits tightening, and policy shifts favoring patent owners, ...

John Squires, the new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, announced Friday he will reclaim authority over decisions on whether to allow challenges of approved patent applications under ...

The Federal Circuit has rejected arguments that inter partes review proceedings violate Article III and the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution, and again held that decisions to institute are not ...

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