Analysis

PTAB Cases Dip As Board Leans On Discretionary Denials

By Britain Eakin (May 18, 2022, 11:46 PM EDT) -- Filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board dropped slightly in 2021, while Federal Circuit appeals of board decisions dove by 40%, declines that lawyers attributed to the board's use of discretion to deny patent challenges and the deferential standard of review at the appeals court....

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