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Patents Director of the USPTO Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)

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PTAB Changes Procedure for Determining Discretionary Denials

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Key Takeaways: - The Director, in consultation with at least three APJs, will now decide the discretionary denial question, rather than having the merits panel decide the issue. - Discretionary denial will have separate...more

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