PTAB Strategies and Insights – December 2020

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire patent life cycle in a global portfolio.

This month we cover:

• The Federal Circuit further clarifies prior art date for non-patent publications;
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board announced three new precedential decisions on RPI and Joinder; and
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a final rule regarding institution, sur replies, and presumptions.

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Best,
Jason D. Eisenberg