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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). In relying only on the DR moving forward, the PTAB has also decided to expand it to AIA institution decisions.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Delegation : To deal with the potential avalanche, the Director may delegate her review to two new panels. The Delegated Rehearing Panel (DRP) will review Board institution and final written decisions in AIA trials. IPR2018-00914, Paper 38 (PTAB 2019), which concluded that 35 U.S.C. § Oren Techs., LLC , Case No.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

10 YEARS AFTER THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT (AIA), THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD (PTAB) ENDURES. After a heady 2020, 2021 proved to be a return to normalcy for the PTAB. Filings at the PTAB in 2021 also reflect a general slowdown, with a decline of about 10% from 2020. [1] A Slow Year for PTAB Precedential Decisions.

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