It was a slow week for new patent filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and above average week for district courts. This week saw only 15 new filings at the PTAB (one PGR and 14 inter partes reviews (IPRs)).
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The USPTO Director is under no obligation to institute petitions for inter partes review, even if a petition technically meets all of the requirements for institution. There are two.
On July 5, 2022, Google filed a Petition requesting inter partes review of various claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,816,809 ("the '809 Patent), assigned to Valtrus Innovations Ltd.