The USPTO is considering changes to provide a framework to guide practitioners and the PTAB in assessing the circumstances that warrant the PTAB’s exercise of its discretion to deny a petition.
The USPTO is considering...more
The Supreme Court rules that Administrative Patent Judges exercise power that conflicts with the design of the Appointments Clause.
Administrative Patent Judges are inferior officers because they are appointed by the...more
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One of the most significant changes of the 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) takes effect on March 16, 2013, when the U.S. transitions from a “First-to-Invent” to a “First-Inventor-to-File” patent system,...more