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USPTO Finalizes Fee Hikes and New Fees for 2025: Key Tips for Patent Applicants

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The USPTO announced a set of finalized fee increases and new fees to take effect on January 19, 2025. The changes to the USPTO’s fees in 2025 add significant new fees for filing continuing applications (including...more

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PTO Codifies Scope of Director Review in Final Rule

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On September 30, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule governing the process for Director Review of proceedings under the AIA. This formalized the USPTO’s interim Director Review procedures implemented by the USPTO following...more

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PTAB Publishes Revised Oral Hearing Guide

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently published a revised PTAB Oral Hearing Guide (August 2023) updating prior guidance on hearings.  The revised Guide includes changes to: 1. Remote participation in PTAB...more

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PTAB Issues Back-to-Back Fintiv Denials After Dry Spell

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The PTAB recently issued back-to-back Fintiv denials. The first denial issued on May 4, 2023. Read here about Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. v. California Institute of Tech., No. IPR2023-00130, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. May 4,...more

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Interim Fintiv Guidance Discussed in PTAB Boardside Chat

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During the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) Boardside Chat on July 7, 2022, discussion focused on Director Katherine Vidal’s interim guidance on discretionary denials under the Board’s precedential Apple v. Fintiv...more

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Recap: Post-Arthrex Director Reviews State of Play

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In a previous post from July 2021, we discussed the interim process for Director review in PTAB proceedings post-Arthrex. Since then, only three out of over 175 requests for Director review of a Final Written Decision have...more

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Patent Office Interim Process Aimed To Improve Consistency

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On May 26, 2022, the Patent Office issued its “Interim Process for PTAB Decision Circulation And Internal PTAB Review”. The Office issued the Process to explain its new procedures for circulating pre-issuance decisions, which...more

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PTAB Details Interim Procedure for Requesting Arthrex Director Review

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On June 29th, the PTO issued an initial protocol for requesting Director review of a PTAB Final Written Decision according to the Supreme Court’s Arthrex decision.  This Arthrex protocol is similar to the current procedure...more

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Did You Know About Supplemental Examination?

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The America Invents Act (AIA) ushered in an era of Patent Office trials to adjudicate the validity of issued patents. The AIA, however, created an additional, lesser used, avenue to address patent validity. This procedure is...more

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