Since Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart took office in 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has overhauled its discretionary denial procedures for inter partes reviews (IPRs) and post-grant reviews (PGRs)....more
In Elekta Ltd. v. ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in an inter partes review that invalidated patent claims relating to “a device for treating a patient with...more
The rate at which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”) institutes Petitions for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) has been in steady decline since the introduction of the IPR procedure in 2013, and is expected to...more
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