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Recent cases show the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's interest in using director review to address substantive issues like obviousness, not just procedural matters or changes in the law. Grants in these cases,...more
On April 30, the USPTO announced a Request for Comments (RFC) seeking public feedback on how AI could affect USPTO evaluations on patentability, including what qualifies as prior art and the assessment of the level of...more
In July, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced several changes to the interim process for Director review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions. Originally established shortly after the Supreme Court’s...more
Acting Director Teresa Stanek Rea has notified her colleagues that she will be leaving the agency "in the near future." The text of her announcement reads as follows...more