The Evolving PTAB Landscape: Inside Efforts to Recalibrate AIA Trials*

The Evolving PTAB Landscape: Inside Efforts to Recalibrate AIA Trials*

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is undergoing a fundamental reset, which started in earnest once then Acting USPTO Director Coke Stewart took the helm, and has continued now that USPTO Director John Squires has been confirmed and assumed control of the agency.

This panel will cut through the noise and zero in on how AIA trials are being recalibrated during President Trump’s second term. From policy pivots to the current wave of reforms taking shape under Director Squires, we will explain what statistics show is happening today, the operational shifts and new PTAB leadership, the evolving standards governing institution of inter partes review (IPR) petitions, and the practical implications for petitioners and patent owners. We will discuss the latest designated precedential opinions, informative decisions, and Director Review rulings that are resetting expectations for petitioners and patent owners.

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CLE Materials*

USPTO Issues NPRM on IPR Practice, Withdraws Vidal-Era Proposal

Squires Takes Over All IPR Institution Decisions in Memo to PTAB Judges

Current and Former Lawmakers Lock Horns in Comments on USPTO’s Proposed PTAB Changes

Vidal Amicus in Cambridge Case Urges CAFC to Overturn USPTO’s ‘Settled Expectations’ Rule

CAFC Denies Mandamus Petitions Seeking Reversal of New USPTO Policy on IPR Institution

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