May 14, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has reversed earlier decisions granting five petitions for patent review, citing what he called the challengers' inconsistent positions in parallel proceedings and explaining that four petitions he denied in previous bulk orders were also rejected for the same reasons.
February 26, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has issued guidance on when real-parties-in-interest errors won't lead to denied petitions, and then instituted three inter partes reviews in his latest bare-bones mass decision.
January 20, 2026
John Squires, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, granted eight petitions seeking America Invents Act review of patents, but spurned twice as many others in his latest summary decision.