by Matthew Johnson | Mar 26, 2026 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Laura Vining and Matt Johnson – USPTO Director John Squires issued a decision on November 5, 2025, vacating a prior institution decision and denying institution in Tesla, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures II LLC, IPR2025-00340, Paper 18. Director Squires denied...
by David Maiorana | Mar 19, 2026 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – The Acting Director ssued a decision declining to exercise discretionary denial in three related inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) filed by Padagis US LLC (“Padagis”): IPR2025-00464, IPR2025-00465, and IPR2025-00466 (collectively,...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 16, 2026 | Joinder, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – The PTAB’s recently designated precedential decision in Realtek Semiconductor Corp., v. ParkerVision, Inc., Nos. IPR2025-00324 and IPR2025-00325, Paper No. 11 (June 25, 2025), makes clear that an otherwise time-barred petition...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 4, 2026 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Ian Adams, Matt Modderman, Matt Johnson – USPTO Director John Squires issued a decision on October 3, 2025, denying a request to discretionarily deny institution in Caption Health, Inc. v. The University of British Columbia, IPR2025-01422, Paper 15 at 3 (Dec....
by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 21, 2026 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Carl Kukkonen and Matt Johnson – On January 9, 2026, USPTO Director John A. Squires designated four recent discretionary-denial rulings as precedential and nine more as informative, formalizing a developing framework for how and when the Office will exercise...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 15, 2026 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson – The institution rate for post-grant petitions in FY 2026 through the end of November (the period from Oct. 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025) stands at 37% (118 instituted, 197 denied). As expected, this rate is substantially lower than the...
