Petitioners challenging patents in IPR procedures may use various strategies to improve the likelihood of avoiding discretionary denial. One ...
I would like to thank USPTO Director John Squires for his initiative to stop serial patent challenges at the USPTO....
On Friday, the USPTO published an order granting a third-party request for ex parte reexamination of patent rights owned by ...
Kilpatrick’s Justin Krieger and Nicki Kennedy recently presented to an audience of other thought leaders on the topic of “Discretionary Denials ...
August 22, 2025 - Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently issued a new policy memorandum that limits the types of prior art that may be used to challenge ...
"From 2017 through 2023, IPR filings have been trending downwards, with 86 fewer petitions filed each year on average over that period," writes Rob Maier. Since its enactment under the 2011 America ...
June 28, 2024 - A party accused of infringing a patent in U.S. district court may challenge the validity of the asserted patent in an inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ...
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