The Risks Of Unpatentability Redundancy In IPR

By Thomas Negley (October 31, 2017, 12:07 PM EDT) -- When preparing an inter partes review petition, petitioners often feel an entirely understandable pressure to be as thorough as possible. Many times, this pressure results in a desire to include every conceivable ground of unpatentability. However tempting this approach may be, if a large number of very similar grounds are brought, petitioners run the risk that not all of these grounds will be considered by the board due to the doctrine of redundancy....

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