Ex-USPTO Official Weighs In On Applicant-Admitted Prior Art

By Britain Eakin (May 13, 2021, 9:48 PM EDT) -- Unified Patents has asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's precedent-setting panel to clarify the degree to which patent challengers can rely on statements in a patent's written description to challenge validity — and it's getting help from a former acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office....

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