PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter: May 2022

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.

In this issue:

• Split Panel Weighs General Skepticism Differently in Obviousness Inquiry
• Blending Butane Brings Contract Law to 35 U.S.C. § 102’s On-Sale Bar and Experimental Use Determination
• Short Take: Latest Arthrex Update
• Short Take: PTAB’s Interim Process for Decision Circulation

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