The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today, Octoer 10, 2018, that it is issuing a final rule that will change the claim construction standard applied during many inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review...more
September 16, 2016, marked the fourth anniversary of the effective date for the invalidity proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) created by the America Invents Act (AIA). These new AIA...more