by Matthew Johnson | Sep 11, 2025 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Adam Cook and Matt Johnson – In a Director Review, the Acting Director reversed a panel decision to discretionarily deny an IPR under § 325(d). The Acting Director held that the PTAB’s own findings in two previous IPRs sufficiently proved Examiner error...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 10, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Pranita Dhungana and Matt Johnson – The USPTO recently published a new webpage on the Interim Director Discretionary Process, which provides information regarding the bifurcated process for consideration of discretionary denial issues announced in the March...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 5, 2025 | Federal Circuit Appeal, Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By: Daniel C. Sloan and Matt Johnson – On July 29, 2025, Chief Administrative Patent Judge Scott R. Boalick circulated a memorandum to Members of the PTAB entitled “Final Written Decision Procedures for AIA Trial Proceedings.” Absent extraordinary...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 14, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Request for Reconsideration, Trial Institution
By Jessie Hess,* Pranita Dhungana, and Matthew Johnson – USPTO Acting Director Stewart sua sponte reconsidered and modified a previous Director Review decision that had affirmed cancellation of all 183 challenged claims as a sanction against patent owner...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 8, 2025 | PGR, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Evan Tassis and Matt Johnson – In a recent decision, Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart denied a Patent Owner’s request for discretionary denial in LifeVac, LLC v. DCSTAR, Inc., IPR2025-00454. Even though Petitioner had previously challenged the same patent...
