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PTAB Clarifies Interim Workload Management Process

PTAB Clarifies Interim Workload Management Process

By Levent Herguner, Aeden Bempong,* and Matt Johnson - On April 17, 2025, following Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart’s memorandum announcing a new interim process to manage the workload of all PTAB judges, the USPTO held a Boardside Chat outlining the new...

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Applying Fintiv to a Parallel ITC Investigation

Applying Fintiv to a Parallel ITC Investigation

By Sabrina Bellantoni & S. Christian Platt - The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) recently denied institution of an inter partes review (“IPR”), exercising its discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) and Apple Inc. v. Fintiv Inc., IPR2020-00019 (PTAB Mar. 20,...

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April 2025 Institution Rate Slips Below 45 Percent

April 2025 Institution Rate Slips Below 45 Percent

By Matt Johnson - The PTAB has published its monthly statistics wrap up for April 2025.  As expected, those statistics show a significant decline in the institution rate compared to the first six months of the fiscal year.  In those first six months, the overall...

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Institution Denied for Insufficient Publication Evidence

Institution Denied for Insufficient Publication Evidence

By David Linden, Ernie Olesky, and Dave Maiorana - On October 29, 2024, BabyBjörn AB (“BabyBjörn”) filed two separate petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 11,786,055 (“the ’055 Patent”), which is assigned to The ERGO Baby Carrier, Inc. (“ERGO...

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