by Matthew Johnson | Oct 17, 2025 | District Court, Petitions, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson – On October 17th, the PTAB issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding criteria for the Office to apply when making discretionary denial determinations. The proposed rule would: Require an IPR petitioner to file a stipulation not to pursue...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 3, 2025 | PTAB News, Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Daniel C. Sloan and Matt Johnson – On May 16, 2025, USPTO Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart released the first four discretionary denial decisions under the PTAB’s new process. Under the new process, the parties separately brief discretionary denial issues...
by Matthew Johnson | May 23, 2025 | Discovery, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Time Limits
By Daniel Sloan and Matt Johnson – USPTO Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart recently vacated and remanded three Final Written Decisions from the PTAB. Semiconductor Components Indus. v. Greenthread, LLC, IPR2023-01242, IPR2023-01243, IPR2023-01244, Paper 94...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 22, 2025 | Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Dalton Earich and Matt Johnson – In 2985 LLC d/b/a Mountain Voyage Company, LLC v. The Ridge Wallet LLC, a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panel denied inter partes review (“IPR”) institution where the petition was time barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b)...
by David Maiorana | Jan 31, 2025 | Joinder, PTAB News, Time Limits, Trial Institution
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – On June 6, 2024, Shenzhen Waydoo Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. (“Waydoo”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 9,359,044 (“the ’044 Patent”) (“IPR998”), assigned to MHL Custom, Inc. (“MHL”). ...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 22, 2024 | Preliminary Responses, PTAB News, Time Limits
By Evan Tassis and Matt Johnson – In a sua sponte Director Review, USPTO Director Vidal vacated an adverse judgement against Patent Owner for Patent Owner’s failure to submit a mandatory notice of information or file a preliminary response to a Petition within...
