As discussed in our Client Alert, "Fintiv 2.0: USPTO Director Issues Guidance Softening Risk of Discretionary Denial," USPTO Director Kathi Vidal issued a set of interim procedures.
Jessica recently joined Arnold & Porter's IP practice in March 2022 after more than seven years as an administrative patent judge (APJ) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
In the precedential decision Gen. Plastic Indus. Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (PTAB Sept. 6, 2017), the PTAB articulated seven non-exclusive factors to be.
In the precedential decision Gen. Plastic Indus. Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (PTAB Sept. 6, 2017), the PTAB articulated seven non-exclusive factors to be considered.
Exercising its discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (Board) denied institution of two inter partes reviews (IPRs) based on its understanding of its own precedential 2017 decision.