PTAB Drops POP Panel Review Option
LexBlog IP
JULY 24, 2023
No Role For POP Post-Arthrex As of Monday July 24th, the USPTO has discontinued the use of its Precedential-Opinion-Panel (POP) in favor of the interim Director Review (DR). While technically and expansion of DR, this follows current practices in which the Director has addressed institution disputes sua sponte.
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