EXCLUSIVE: USPTO Director Wants To Oversee A PTAB Case

By Erin Coe (May 3, 2016, 3:48 PM EDT) -- Patent owners and petitioners better come prepared the next time they head to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board because the three-judge panel hearing their validity dispute may just include U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Michelle Lee, who told Law360 she'd like to see firsthand how the proceedings are running....

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